Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 20 觀 Guān, Viewing
  3. Line 5
20 觀, 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。

guān wǒ shēng, jūn zǐ wú jiù.

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。

guān wǒ shēng, guān mín yě.

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.