Hexagram 46 升, Line 5
升
Hexagram 46 · fifth line, divided (six)
貞吉，升階。
The fifth line, divided, shows its subject firmly correct, and therefore enjoying good fortune. He ascends the stairs (with all due ceremony).
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
貞吉升階，大得志也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 46 becomes hexagram 48.
← Hexagram 46 升: judgment and all lines
Character glossary
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 升shēngto advance; to arise; to hoist, to raise
- 階jiēstairs, steps; degree, rank
- 大dàbig, great, vast, high, deep
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable,
- 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.
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