Hexagram 64 · line 5
Before Completion
未濟Wèi Jì
Constancy is favorable, without regret. The exemplary person's light. Trust is present. Favorable.
Line statement
六五
貞吉，无悔。君子之光，有孚，吉。
Constancy is favorable, without regret. The exemplary person's light. Trust is present. Favorable.
Constancy, trust, and the exemplary person’s light give Line 5 a favorable character. Its change makes Heaven above Water, Hexagram 6. The contrast with contention raises a different context for considering sincerity and clarity.
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