Hexagram 60 節, Line 5
節
Hexagram 60 · fifth line, undivided (nine)
甘節，吉；往有尚。
The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject sweetly and acceptably enacting his regulations. There will be good fortune. The onward progress with them will afford ground for admiration.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
甘節之吉，居位中也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 60 becomes hexagram 19.
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Character glossary
- 甘gānsweet, tasty; willing
- 節jiéfestival; knot, joint; segment; to econo
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 往wǎngto go, to depart; past, former
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 尚shàngstill, yet; even; fairly, rather
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 居jūto live, to reside; to dwell; to sit
- 位wèiseat, throne; rank, status; position, lo
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit
- 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.