Hexagram 39 蹇, Line 5
蹇
Hexagram 39 · fifth line, undivided (nine)
大蹇朋來。
The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject struggling with the greatest difficulties, while friends are coming to help him.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
大蹇朋來，以中節也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 39 becomes hexagram 15.
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Character glossary
- 大dàbig, great, vast, high, deep
- 蹇jiǎnlame, crippled; nag, donkey; slow, diffi
- 朋péngfriend, pal, acquaintance
- 來láito arrive, to come, to return; in the fu
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit
- 節jiéfestival; knot, joint; segment; to econo
- 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.