Hexagram 21 Line 5: 六五
Position: Line 5 (Upper Trigram)六五 —Yin ⚋ (Broken)Register: danger
Classical Chinese Text
六五 噬乾肉。得黃金。貞厲。无咎。
噬shìbiting
乾gāndry
肉ròumeat
得définding
黃huángyellow
金jīnmetal
貞zhēnpersistence
厲lìis difficult
無wúbut no
咎jiùblame
Line Commentary
Biting through dried meat, finding yellow gold. Perseverance with awareness of danger. No blame. Hard work yields treasure. Remain alert to the dangers that come with the prize.
When This Line Changes
If Line 5 changes, Hexagram 21 Shi He (Biting Through) transforms into Hexagram 25 Wu Wang (Innocence).
Parent Hexagram
Biting Through
Shi He噬嗑 (21)
Fire (離) over Thunder (震)
Upper Trigram: ☲ Fire | Lower Trigram: ☳ Thunder