Hexagram 20 觀, Line 5
觀
Hexagram 20 · fifth line, undivided (nine)
觀我生，君子无咎。
The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject contemplating his own life(-course). A superior man, he will (thus) fall into no error.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
觀我生，觀民也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 20 becomes hexagram 23.
← Hexagram 20 觀: judgment and all lines
Character glossary
- 觀guānto observe, to spectate; appearance, vie
- 我wǒI, me, my; our, us
- 生shēnglife, lifetime; birth; growth
- 君jūnsovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief
- 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thin
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 民míncitizens, subjects; a nation's people
- 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.