Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 36 明夷 Míng Yí, Light Wounded
  3. Line 5
36 明夷, line 5

Line 5 六五 yin, divided, of hexagram 36 明夷 Míng Yí

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

箕子之明夷，利貞。

jī zǐ zhī míng yí, lì zhēn.

The fifth line, divided, shows how the count of Kî fulfilled the condition indicated by Ming Î. It will be advantageous to be firm and correct. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

箕子之貞，明不可息也。

jī zǐ zhī zhēn, míng bù kě xī yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10644507); 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.