Hexagram 11 · Line 5
Peace — 五九
Tai · Wu Jiu
五九 · Wu Jiu
The Line
The sovereign I gives his daughter in marriage. This brings blessing and sublime good fortune.
Interpretation
The sovereign I is T'ang the Completer. He decreed that the imperial princesses, although they stood higher in rank than the husbands to whom they were married, should nevertheless obey their husbands as did other wives. Here too reference is made to a truly modest union of high and low, which brings happiness and blessing.