Hexagram 62 Line 5: 六五
Xiao Guo —小過 —Preponderance of the Small
Position: Line 5 (Upper Trigram)六五 —Yin ⚋ (Broken)Register: blameless
Classical Chinese Text
六五 密雲不雨。自我西郊。公弋取彼在穴。
Wilhelm Translation
Dense clouds, No rain from our western territory. The prince shoots and hits him who is in the cave.
When This Line Changes
If Line 5 changes, Hexagram 62 Xiao Guo (Preponderance of the Small) transforms into Hexagram 31 Xian (Influence).
Parent Hexagram
Preponderance of the Small
Xiao Guo小過 (62)
Thunder (震) over Mountain (艮)
Upper Trigram: ☳ Thunder | Lower Trigram: ☶ Mountain