Hexagram 46 · line 5
Pushing Upward
升Shēng
Constancy is favorable. Ascending by steps.
Line statement
六五
貞吉，升階。
Constancy is favorable. Ascending by steps.
Line 5 describes a stepwise ascent and gives a favorable verdict to constancy. Its change makes Water above Wind, Hexagram 48. The stair describes an ascent; the well draws nourishment up from below.
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