Hexagram 27 頤, Line 5
頤
Hexagram 27 · fifth line, divided (six)
拂經，居貞吉，不可涉大川。
The fifth line, divided, shows one acting contrary to what is regular and proper; but if he abide in firmness, there will be good fortune. He should not, (however, try to) cross the great stream.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
居貞之吉，順以從上也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 27 becomes hexagram 42.
← Hexagram 27 頤: judgment and all lines
Character glossary
- 拂fúto shake off, to brush away; dust
- 經jīngthe classics; to experience, to undergo
- 居jūto live, to reside; to dwell; to sit
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
- 涉shèsconcerned, involved; to experience; to
- 大dàbig, great, vast, high, deep
- 川chuānstream, river
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 順shùnto submit to, to obey, to go along with
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 從cóngfrom, by, since, whence, through
- 上shàngabove, on top, superior; to go up; to at
- 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.