Hexagram 7 師, Line 5
師
Hexagram 7 · fifth line, divided (six)
田有禽，利執言，无咎。長子帥師，弟子輿尸，貞凶。
The fifth line, divided, shows birds in the fields, which it will be advantageous to seize (and destroy). In that case there will be no error. If the oldest son leads the host, and younger men (idly occupy offices assigned to them), however firm and correct he may be, there will be evil.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
長子帥師，以中行也。弟子輿尸，使不當也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 7 becomes hexagram 29.
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Character glossary
- 田tiánfield, farm, arable land; cultivated
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 禽qínbirds, fowl; to capture; surname
- 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
- 執zhíto execute; to grasp, to hold; to keep;
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 長zhǎnglong, lasting; to excel in
- 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thin
- 帥shuàicommander; commander-in-chief; handsome,
- 師shīteacher, professional, master
- 弟dìyoung brother, junior
- 輿yúcart, palanquin, sedan chair
- 尸shībody, corpse
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 凶xiōngculprit; murder; bad, sad
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
- 也yěalso, too
- 使shǐcause, mission, orders; envoy, messenger
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 當dāngappropriate, timely; to act, to serve; t
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.