I Ching Path

Hexagram 16 · Line 5

Enthusiasm五六

Yu · Wu Liu

五六 · Wu Liu

The Line

Persistently ill, and yet never dying.

Interpretation

Here Enthusiasm is hindered. One finds oneself under lasting pressure that does not allow one to breathe freely. But this pressure has, under certain circumstances, its good. One is thereby saved from exhausting one's strength in empty enthusiasm. Thus the lasting pressure may actually serve to keep one alive.

Hexagram 16 Line 5: 五六 — Enthusiasm I Ching Line Meaning | I Ching Path