Hexagram 17 Line 5: 九五
Position: Line 5 (Upper Trigram)九五 —Yang ⚊ (Solid)Register: auspicious
Classical Chinese Text
九五 孚于嘉。吉。
孚fútrust
于yúin
嘉jiāexcellence
吉jípromising
Line Commentary
Sincere in the excellent. Good fortune. When your allegiance aligns with what's genuinely good, fortune follows naturally.
When This Line Changes
If Line 5 changes, Hexagram 17 Sui (Following) transforms into Hexagram 51 Zhen (The Arousing).
Parent Hexagram
Following
Sui隨 (17)
Lake (兌) over Thunder (震)
Upper Trigram: ☱ Lake | Lower Trigram: ☳ Thunder