Hexagram 60 Line 5: 九五
Position: Line 5 (Upper Trigram)九五 —Yang ⚊ (Solid)Register: auspicious
Classical Chinese Text
九五 甘節吉。往有尚。
甘gānsweet
節jiéboundary
吉jípromising
往wǎngto go ahead
有yǒuis
尚shàngworth
Line Commentary
Sweet limitation brings good fortune. Going brings esteem. If we seek to impose restrictions on others only while evading them ourselves, these restrictions will always be resented and provoke resistance. But if a person in a leading position applies limitation first to themselves, demanding little from those associated with them, and with modest means manages to achieve something, good fortune is the result. Such an example meets with emulation.
When This Line Changes
If Line 5 changes, Hexagram 60 Jie (Limitation) transforms into Hexagram 19 Lin (Approach).
Parent Hexagram
Limitation
Jie節 (60)
Water (坎) over Lake (兌)
Upper Trigram: ☵ Water | Lower Trigram: ☱ Lake