Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 63 既濟 Jì Jì, Already Across
  3. Line 5
63 既濟, line 5

Line 5 九五 yang, undivided, of hexagram 63 既濟 Jì Jì

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

東鄰殺牛，不如西鄰之禴祭，實受其福。

dōng lín shā niú, bù rú xī lín zhī yuè jì, shí shòu qí fú.

The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject (as) the neighbour in the east who slaughters an ox (for his sacrifice); but this is not equal to the (small) spring sacrifice of the neighbour in the west, whose sincerity receives the blessing. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

東鄰殺牛，不如西鄰之時也；實受其福，吉大來也。

dōng lín shā niú, bù rú xī lín zhī shí yě; shí shòu qí fú, jí dà lái yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2572417); 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.