Hexagram 32 恒, Line 5
恒
Hexagram 32 · fifth line, divided (six)
恆其德，貞，婦人吉，夫子凶。
The fifth line, divided, shows its subject continuously maintaining the virtue indicated by it. In a wife this will be fortunate; in a husband, evil.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
婦人貞吉，從一而終也。夫子制義，從婦凶也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 32 becomes hexagram 28.
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Character glossary
- 恆héngconstant, persistent, regular
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 德déethics, morality; compassion, kindness
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 婦fùmarried woman; wife
- 人rénman, person; people
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 夫fūman, husband; worker; those
- 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thin
- 凶xiōngculprit; murder; bad, sad
- 從cóngfrom, by, since, whence, through
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 終zhōngend; finally, in the end
- 也yěalso, too
- 制zhìsystem; to establish; to manufacture; to
- 義yìright conduct, propriety; justice
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.