Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 1 乾 Qián, Heaven
  3. Line 5
1 乾, line 5

Line 5 九五 yang, undivided, of hexagram 1 乾 Qián

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

飛龍在天，利見大人。

fēi lóng zài tiān, lì jiàn dà rén.

In the fifth line, undivided, (we see its subject as) the dragon on the wing in the sky. It will be advantageous to meet with the great man. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

飛龍在天，大人造也。

fēi lóng zài tiān, dà rén zào yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2404991); 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.