Hexagram 5 需, Line 5
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Hexagram 5 · fifth line, undivided (nine)
需于酒食，貞吉。
The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject waiting amidst the appliances of a feast. Through his firmness and correctness there will be good fortune.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
酒食，貞吉，以中正也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 5 becomes hexagram 11.
← Hexagram 5 需: judgment and all lines
Character glossary
- 需xūto need, to require; must
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 酒jiǔwine, spirits, liquor, alcohol
- 食shífood; to eat
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 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.