Hexagram 41 Line 5: 六五
Position: Line 5 (Upper Trigram)六五 —Yin ⚋ (Broken)Register: auspicious
Classical Chinese Text
六五 或益之十朋之龜。弗克違。元吉。
或huòsomebody
益yìincreases
之zhī(to) (this) one
十shí(by) ten
朋péng(matched) pairs
之zhīof
龜guītortoise
弗fú(one) (is) not
克kèable
違wéi(of
元yuánmost
吉jípromising
Line Commentary
Someone indeed increases you. Ten pairs of tortoise shells cannot oppose it. Supreme good fortune. When you are marked by fate for good fortune, it comes without fail. All oracles concur. Fear nothing.
When This Line Changes
If Line 5 changes, Hexagram 41 Sun (Decrease) transforms into Hexagram 61 Zhong Fu (Inner Truth).
Parent Hexagram
Decrease
Sun損 (41)
Mountain (艮) over Lake (兌)
Upper Trigram: ☶ Mountain | Lower Trigram: ☱ Lake