Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 8 比 Bǐ, Alliance
  3. Line 5
8 比, line 5

Line 5 九五 yang, undivided, of hexagram 8 比 Bǐ

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

顯比。王用三敺，失前禽，邑人不誡，吉。

xiǎn bì. wáng yòng sān qū, shī qián qín, yì rén bù jiè, jí.

The fifth line, undivided, affords the most illustrious instance of seeking union and attachment. (We seem to see in it) the king urging his pursuit of the game (only) in three directions, and allowing the escape of all the animals before him, while the people of his towns do not warn one another (to prevent it). There will be good fortune. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

顯比之吉，位正中也。舍逆取順，失前禽也。邑人不誡，上使中也。

xiǎn bì zhī jí, wèi zhèng zhōng yě. shě nì qǔ shùn, shī qián qín yě. yì rén bù jiè, shàng shǐ zhōng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 10645543); 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.