- The 64
- 60 節 Jié, Limits
- Line 5
Line 5 九五 yang, undivided, of hexagram 60 節 Jié
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
甘節，吉；往有尚。
The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject sweetly and acceptably enacting his regulations. There will be good fortune. The onward progress with them will afford ground for admiration. (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
甘節之吉，居位中也。
Where this line leads
Sources
- Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2405027); 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.