Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 6 訟 Sòng, Dispute
  3. Line 5
6 訟, line 5

Line 5 九五 yang, undivided, of hexagram 6 訟 Sòng

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

訟,元吉。

sòng, yuán jí.

The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject contending;—and with great good fortune. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

訟,元吉,以中正也。

sòng, yuán jí, yǐ zhōng zhèng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645409); the text is public domain, the site's edits CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • English: James Legge, The Yî King, Sacred Books of the East vol. XVI, Oxford 1882 (public domain).
  • Pinyin: Unihan (Unicode License v3) with this site's readings for the classical cases.