Hexagram 52 Line 5: 六五
Position: Line 5 (Upper Trigram)六五 —Yin ⚋ (Broken)Register: regret
Classical Chinese Text
六五 艮其輔。言有序。悔亡。
艮gènstillness
其qíin one's own
輔fǔjawbones
言yánspeech
有yǒuhas
序xùmeaningful order
悔huǐregrets
亡wángpass
Line Commentary
Keeping his jaws still. The words have order. Remorse disappears. In a dangerous situation where you are not adequate, the inclination is to be very free with talk and presumptuous jokes. But injudicious speech easily leads to situations giving much cause for regret. If reserved in speech, your words take ever more definite form, and every occasion for regret vanishes.
When This Line Changes
If Line 5 changes, Hexagram 52 Gen (Keeping Still) transforms into Hexagram 53 Jian (Development).
Parent Hexagram
Keeping Still
Gen艮 (52)
Mountain (艮) over Mountain (艮)
Upper Trigram: ☶ Mountain | Lower Trigram: ☶ Mountain