- The 64
- 49 革 Gé, Reform
- Line 5
Line 5 九五 yang, undivided, of hexagram 49 革 Gé
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
大人虎變，未占有孚。
The fifth line, undivided, shows the great man (producing his changes) as the tiger (does when he) changes (his stripes). Before he divines (and proceeds to action), faith has been reposed in him. (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
大人虎變，其文炳也。
Where this line leads
Sources
- Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10643173); 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.