Hexagram 56 旅, Line 5
旅
Hexagram 56 · fifth line, divided (six)
射雉一矢亡，終以譽命。
The fifth line, divided, shows its subject shooting a pheasant. He will lose his arrow, but in the end he will obtain praise and a (high) charge.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
終以譽命，上逮也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 56 becomes hexagram 33.
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Character glossary
- 射shèto shoot, to eject, to emit
- 雉zhìpheasant; crenellated wall
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 矢shǐarrow, dart; to vow, to swear
- 亡wángdeath, destruction; to lose; to perish
- 終zhōngend; finally, in the end
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 譽yùfame, reputation; to praise
- 命mìnglife; destiny, fate, luck; an order, ins
- 上shàngabove, on top, superior; to go up; to at
- 逮dǎito catch, to seize; to arrive, to reach
- 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.