Hexagram 63 既濟, Line 5
既濟
Hexagram 63 · fifth line, undivided (nine)
東鄰殺牛，不如西鄰之禴祭，實受其福。
The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject (as) the neighbour in the east who slaughters an ox (for his sacrifice); but this is not equal to the (small) spring sacrifice of the neighbour in the west, whose sincerity receives the blessing.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
東鄰殺牛，不如西鄰之時也；實受其福，吉大來也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 63 becomes hexagram 36.
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Character glossary
- 東dōngeast, eastern, eastward
- 鄰línneighbor; neighborhood
- 殺shāto kill, to murder, to slaughter; to hur
- 牛niúox, cow, bull
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 西xīwest, western, westward
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 禴yuèsacrifice
- 祭jìto sacrifice to, to worship
- 實shíreal, true; honest, sincere
- 受shòuto receive, to get, to accept; to bear
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 福fúhappiness, good fortune, blessings
- 時shítime, season; period, era, age
- 也yěalso, too
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 大dàbig, great, vast, high, deep
- 來láito arrive, to come, to return; in the fu
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.