Hexagram 49 革, Line 5
革
Hexagram 49 · fifth line, undivided (nine)
大人虎變，未占有孚。
The fifth line, undivided, shows the great man (producing his changes) as the tiger (does when he) changes (his stripes). Before he divines (and proceeds to action), faith has been reposed in him.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
大人虎變，其文炳也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 49 becomes hexagram 55.
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Character glossary
- 大dàbig, great, vast, high, deep
- 人rénman, person; people
- 虎hǔtiger; brave, fierce; surname
- 變biànto change, to transform, to alter; rebel
- 未wèinot yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 占zhànto divine; to observe; to versify
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 孚fúto brood over eggs; to have confidence
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 文wénculture, literature, writing
- 炳bǐngbright, luminous; glorious
- 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.