Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 60 節 Jié, Limits
  3. Line 5
60 節, line 5

Line 5 九五 yang, undivided, of hexagram 60 節 Jié

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

甘節,吉;往有尚。

gān jié, jí; wǎng yǒu shàng.

The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject sweetly and acceptably enacting his regulations. There will be good fortune. The onward progress with them will afford ground for admiration. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

甘節之吉,居位中也。

gān jié zhī jí, jū wèi zhōng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2405027); 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.