Line 5 六五 yin, divided, of hexagram 50 鼎 Dǐng
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
鼎黃耳金鉉，利貞。
The fifth line, divided, shows the caldron with yellow ears and rings of metal in them. There will be advantage through being firm and correct. (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
鼎黃耳，中以為實也。
Where this line leads
Sources
- Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10647086); 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.