Hexagram 36 明夷, Line 5
明夷
Hexagram 36 · fifth line, divided (six)
箕子之明夷，利貞。
The fifth line, divided, shows how the count of Ki fulfilled the condition indicated by Ming t. It will be advantageous to be firm and correct.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
箕子之貞，明不可息也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 36 becomes hexagram 63.
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Character glossary
- 箕jīsieve; dust pan; garbage bag
- 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thin
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 明míngbright, clear; to explain, to understand
- 夷yíancient barbarian tribes
- 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
- 息xīto end, to cease, to put a stop to; paus
- 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.