Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 29 坎 Kǎn, The Pit
  3. Line 5
29 坎, line 5

Line 5 九五 yang, undivided, of hexagram 29 坎 Kǎn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

坎不盈，禔既平，无咎。

kǎn bù yíng, zhī jì píng, wú jiù.

The fifth line, undivided, shows the water of the defile not yet full, (so that it might flow away); but order will (soon) be brought about. There will be no error. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

坎不盈，中未大也。

kǎn bù yíng, zhōng wèi dà yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646381); 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.