Hexagram 23 Line 5: 六五
Position: Line 5 (Upper Trigram)六五 —Yin ⚋ (Broken)Register: blameless
Classical Chinese Text
六五 貫魚。以宮人寵。无不利。
貫guàn(a) string(line)
魚yúof fish(es)
以yǐby (way
宮gōng(the) palace
人rénoccupants'
寵chǒngsponsorship
無wúwithout
不bùdoubt
利lìworthwhile
Line Commentary
A string of fishes. Favor through the palace ladies. Nothing that does not further. Even in collapse, order can be restored through right sequence, like fish strung together, like court ladies in rank.
When This Line Changes
If Line 5 changes, Hexagram 23 Bo (Splitting Apart) transforms into Hexagram 20 Guan (Contemplation).
Parent Hexagram
Splitting Apart
Bo剝 (23)
Mountain (艮) over Earth (坤)
Upper Trigram: ☶ Mountain | Lower Trigram: ☷ Earth