Hexagram 41 · line 5
Decrease
損Sǔn
Someone adds ten pairs of tortoise shells; the gift cannot be refused. Greatly favorable.
Line statement
六五
或益之，十朋之龜，弗克違，元吉。
Someone adds ten pairs of tortoise shells; the gift cannot be refused. Greatly favorable.
At Line 5, the yielding center receives a gift of great value. In Zhu Xi’s reading, the ten pairs of tortoise shells are an offering that cannot be refused. Changing Line 5 makes Wind above Lake, Hexagram 61.
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