Hexagram 5 需, Line 1
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Hexagram 5 · first line, undivided (nine)
需于郊，利用恆，无咎。
The first line, undivided, shows its subject waiting in the distant border. It will be well for him constantly to maintain (the purpose thus shown), in which case there will be no error.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
需于郊，不犯難行也。利用恆，无咎，未失常也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 5 becomes hexagram 48.
← Hexagram 5 需: judgment and all lines
Character glossary
- 需xūto need, to require; must
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 郊jiāosuburbs, outskirts; wasteland, open spac
- 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
- 用yòngto use, to employ, to apply; use
- 恆héngconstant, persistent, regular
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 犯fàncriminal; to violate, to commit a crime
- 難nánhard, difficult, arduous; unable
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
- 也yěalso, too
- 未wèinot yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 失shīto lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
- 常chángcommon, general, normal; always, frequen
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.