Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 52 艮 Gèn, Stillness
  3. Line 5
52 艮, line 5

Line 5 六五 yin, divided, of hexagram 52 艮 Gèn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

艮其輔,言有孚,悔亡。

gěn qí fǔ, yán yǒu fú, huǐ wáng.

The fifth line, divided, shows its subject keeping his jawbones at rest, so that his words are (all) orderly. Occasion for repentance will disappear. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

艮其輔,以中正也。

gěn qí fǔ, yǐ zhōng zhèng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10647135); 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.