Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 54 歸妹 Guī Mèi, The Marrying Sister
  3. Line 5
54 歸妹, line 5

Line 5 六五 yin, divided, of hexagram 54 歸妹 Guī Mèi

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

帝乙歸妹，其君之袂，不如其娣之袂良，月幾望，吉。

dì yǐ guī mèi, qí jūn zhī mèi, bù rú qí dì zhī mèi liáng, yuè jǐ wàng, jí.

The fifth line, divided, reminds us of the marrying of the younger sister of (king) Tî-yî, when the sleeves of her the princess were not equal to those of the (still) younger sister who accompanied her in an inferior capacity. (The case suggests the thought of) the moon almost full. There will be good fortune. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

帝乙歸妹，不如其娣之袂良也。其位在中，以貴行也。

dì yǐ guī mèi, bù rú qí dì zhī mèi liáng yě. qí wèi zài zhōng, yǐ guì xíng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10647182); 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.