Hexagram 16 豫, Line 5
豫
Hexagram 16 · fifth line, divided (six)
貞疾，恆不死。
The fifth line, divided, shows one with a chronic complaint, but who lives on without dying.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
六五貞疾，乘剛也。恆不死，中未亡也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 16 becomes hexagram 45.
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Character glossary
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 疾jísickness, illness, disease; to envy, to
- 恆héngconstant, persistent, regular
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 死sǐdead; death; impassable, inflexible
- 六liùsix
- 五wǔfive; surname
- 乘chéngride, mount; to make use of; to ascend;
- 剛gānghard, strong, tough; just, barely
- 也yěalso, too
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit
- 未wèinot yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 亡wángdeath, destruction; to lose; to perish
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.