Hexagram 34 Line 5: 六五
Da Zhuang —大壯 —The Power of the Great
Position: Line 5 (Upper Trigram)六五 —Yin ⚋ (Broken)Register: blameless
Classical Chinese Text
六五 喪羊于易。无悔。
喪sànglosing
羊yángthe goat
于yúin
易yìthe exchange
無wúno
悔huǐregret(s)
Line Commentary
Loses the goat easily. No remorse. Resistance has vanished. The belligerent, stubborn approach can now be dropped without regret. The situation no longer requires hardness.
When This Line Changes
If Line 5 changes, Hexagram 34 Da Zhuang (The Power of the Great) transforms into Hexagram 43 Guai (Breakthrough).
Parent Hexagram
The Power of the Great
Da Zhuang大壯 (34)
Thunder (震) over Heaven (乾)
Upper Trigram: ☳ Thunder | Lower Trigram: ☰ Heaven