Hexagram 33 遯, Line 5
遯
Hexagram 33 · fifth line, undivided (nine)
嘉遯，貞吉。
The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject retiring in an admirable way. With firm correctness there will be good fortune.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
嘉遯貞吉，以正志也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 33 becomes hexagram 56.
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Character glossary
- 嘉jiāexcellent; joyful; auspicious
- 遯dùndeceive, hide, conceal; flee; hexagram ䷠
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 正zhèngstraight, right, proper, correct, just,
- 志zhìdetermination, will; mark, sign; to reco
- 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.