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  1. The 64
  2. 42 益 Yì, Increase
  3. Line 5
42 益, line 5

Line 5 九五 yang, undivided, of hexagram 42 益 Yì

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

有孚惠心，勿問元吉。有孚惠我德。

yǒu fú huì xīn, wù wèn yuán jí. yǒu fú huì wǒ dé.

The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject with sincere heart seeking to benefit (all below). There need be no question about it; the result will be great good fortune. (All below) will with sincere heart acknowledge his goodness. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

有孚惠心，勿問之矣。惠我德，大得志也。

yǒu fú huì xīn, wù wèn zhī yǐ. huì wǒ dé, dà dé zhì yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10646726); 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.