Line 5 九五 yang, undivided, of hexagram 17 隨 Suí
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
孚于嘉，吉。
The fifth line, undivided, shows us (the ruler) sincere in (fostering all) that is excellent. There will be good fortune. (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
孚于嘉，吉；位正中也。
Where this line leads
Sources
- Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645020); 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.