Hexagram 14 · line 5
Possession in Great Measure
大有Dà Yǒu
Trust is returned by others, and dignity is maintained. Favorable.
Line statement
六五
厥孚交如,威如,吉。
Trust is returned by others, and dignity is maintained. Favorable.
Reciprocal trust and dignity occupy Line 5, the yielding center. Firming it removes the figure's only broken line, producing Hexagram 1.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- outer · center
Line 5 is the center of the outer trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yin in an odd place: not aligned
Its yin polarity does not match the traditional odd-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 2: responsive
Its counterpart is Line 2; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.
One line changes