Hexagram 7 師, Line 2
師
Hexagram 7 · second line, undivided (nine)
在師中吉，无咎；王三錫命。
The second line, undivided, shows (the leader) in the midst of the host. There will be good fortune and no error. The king has thrice conveyed to him the orders (of his favour).
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
在師中吉，承天寵也。王三錫命，懷萬邦也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 7 becomes hexagram 2.
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Character glossary
- 在zàiat, in, on; to exist; used to indicate t
- 師shīteacher, professional, master
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 王wángking, ruler; royal; surname
- 三sānthree
- 錫xītin; to bestow, to confer
- 命mìnglife; destiny, fate, luck; an order, ins
- 承chéngto undertake, to bear, to accept a duty;
- 天tiānsky, heaven; god, celestial
- 寵chǒngto love; to favor, to pamper, to spoil;
- 也yěalso, too
- 懷huáibosom, breast; to carry in one's bosom
- 萬wànten thousand; innumerable
- 邦bāngcountry, nation, state
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.