- The 64
- 20 觀 Guān, Viewing
- Line 5
Line 5 九五 yang, undivided, of hexagram 20 觀 Guān
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
觀我生,君子无咎。
The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject contemplating his own life(-course). A superior man, he will (thus) fall into no error. (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
觀我生,觀民也。
Where this line leads
Sources
- Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645159); 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.