Hexagram 32 Line 5: 六五
Position: Line 5 (Upper Trigram)六五 —Yin ⚋ (Broken)Register: inauspicious
Classical Chinese Text
六五 恒其德貞。婦人吉。夫子凶。
恆héngcontinuity
其qíin
德décharacter
貞zhēnis
婦fùfor a
人rénmaturity
吉jíis promising
夫fūfor a
子zǐyouth
凶xiōngis
Line Commentary
Giving duration to character through perseverance. Good for a woman, not for a man. Holding conservatively to tradition works for some roles. Others require flexibility—doing what the moment demands rather than what was done before.
When This Line Changes
If Line 5 changes, Hexagram 32 Heng (Duration) transforms into Hexagram 28 Da Guo (Preponderance of the Great).
Parent Hexagram
Duration
Heng恆 (32)
Thunder (震) over Wind (巽)
Upper Trigram: ☳ Thunder | Lower Trigram: ☴ Wind