Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 58 兌 Duì, Joy
  3. Line 5
58 兌, line 5

Line 5 九五 yang, undivided, of hexagram 58 兌 Duì

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

孚于剝,有厲。

fú yú bō, yǒu lì.

The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject trusting in one who would injure him. The situation is perilous. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

孚于剝,位正當也。

fú yú bō, wèi zhèng dāng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2404993); 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.