Hexagram 12 否, Line 5
否
Hexagram 12 · fifth line, undivided (nine)
休否，大人吉。其亡其亡，繫于包桑。
In the fifth line, undivided, we see him who brings the distress and obstruction to a close,—the great man and fortunate. (But let him say), 'We may perish! We may perish!' (so shall the state of things become firm, as if) bound to a clump of bushy mulberry trees.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
大人之吉，位正當也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 12 becomes hexagram 35.
← Hexagram 12 否: judgment and all lines
Character glossary
- 休xiūto rest; to stop; to retire
- 否fǒuno, not, un-; final particle
- 大dàbig, great, vast, high, deep
- 人rénman, person; people
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 亡wángdeath, destruction; to lose; to perish
- 繫xìsystem; line, link, connection
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 包bāowrap, pack, bundle; package
- 桑sāngmulberry tree; surname
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 位wèiseat, throne; rank, status; position, lo
- 正zhèngstraight, right, proper, correct, just,
- 當dāngappropriate, timely; to act, to serve; t
- 也yěalso, too
Data: English Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0); Chinese Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.