Line 5 六五 yin, divided, of hexagram 21 噬嗑 Shì Kè
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
噬乾肉，得黃金，貞厲，无咎。
The fifth line, divided, shows one gnawing at dried flesh, and finding the yellow gold. Let him be firm and correct, realising the peril (of his position). There will be no error. (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
貞厲无咎，得當也。
Where this line leads
Sources
- Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645753); 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.