- The 64
- 7 師 Shī, The Army
- Line 5
Line 5 六五 yin, divided, of hexagram 7 師 Shī
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
田有禽,利執言,无咎。長子帥師,弟子輿尸,貞凶。
The fifth line, divided, shows birds in the fields, which it will be advantageous to seize (and destroy). In that case there will be no error. If the oldest son leads the host, and younger men (idly occupy offices assigned to them), however firm and correct he may be, there will be evil. (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
長子帥師,以中行也。弟子輿尸,使不當也。
Where this line leads
Sources
- Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2405011); 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.