Line 5 九五 yang, undivided, of hexagram 39 蹇 Jiǎn
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
大蹇朋來。
The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject struggling with the greatest difficulties, while friends are coming to help him. (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
大蹇朋來，以中節也。
Where this line leads
Sources
- Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2405036); 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.