Hexagram 48 井, Line 5
井
Hexagram 48 · fifth line, undivided (nine)
井冽，寒泉食。
The fifth line, undivided, shows a clear, limpid well, (the waters from) whose cold spring are (freely) drunk.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
寒泉之食，中正也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 48 becomes hexagram 46.
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Character glossary
- 井jǐngwell, mine shaft, pit
- 冽liècold and raw; pure, clear
- 寒hánchilly, cold; poor; to shiver, to trembl
- 泉quánspring, fountain; wealth, money
- 食shífood; to eat
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit
- 正zhèngstraight, right, proper, correct, just,
- 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.