- The 64
- 11 泰 Tài, Peace
- Line 5
Line 5 六五 yin, divided, of hexagram 11 泰 Tài
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
帝乙歸妹，以祉，元吉。
The fifth line, divided, reminds us of (king) Tî-yî’s (rule about the) marriage of his younger sister. By such a course there is happiness and there will be great good fortune. (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
以祉，元吉。中以行願也。
Where this line leads
Sources
- Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2106138); 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.