- The 64
- 5 需 Xū, Waiting
- Line 5
Line 5 九五 yang, undivided, of hexagram 5 需 Xū
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
需于酒食，貞吉。
The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject waiting amidst the appliances of a feast. Through his firmness and correctness there will be good fortune. (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
酒食，貞吉，以中正也。
Where this line leads
Sources
- Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10643261); 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.