Hexagram 2 坤, Line 5
坤
Hexagram 2 · fifth line, divided (six)
黃裳，元吉。
The fifth line, divided, (shows) the yellow lower garment. There will be great good fortune.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
黃裳元吉，文在中也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 2 becomes hexagram 8.
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Character glossary
- 黃huángyellow; surname
- 裳shangskirt, petticoat; beautiful
- 元yuánfirst; dollar; origin; head
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 文wénculture, literature, writing
- 在zàiat, in, on; to exist; used to indicate t
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit
- 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.