Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 7 師 Shī, The Army
  3. Line 5
7 師, 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。

tián yǒu qín, lì zhí yán, wú jiù. zhǎng zǐ shuài shī, dì zǐ yú shī, zhēn xiōng.

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。

zhǎng zǐ shuài shī, yǐ zhōng xíng yě. dì zǐ yú shī, shǐ bù dāng yě.

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.