Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 14 大有 Dà Yǒu, Great Holdings
  3. Line 5
14 大有, line 5

Line 5 六五 yin, divided, of hexagram 14 大有 Dà Yǒu

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

厥孚交如,威如;吉。

jué fú jiāo rú, wēi rú; jí.

The fifth line, divided, shows the sincerity of its subject reciprocated by that of all the others (represented in the hexagram). Let him display a proper majesty, and there will be good fortune. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

厥孚交如,信以發志也。威如之吉,易而无備也。

jué fú jiāo rú, xìn yǐ fā zhì yě. wēi rú zhī jí, yì ér wú bèi yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645712); 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.