Hexagram 9 · line 5
The Taming Power of the Small
小畜Xiǎo Xù
Trust binds closely. Wealth is shared with the neighbors.
Line statement
九五
有孚攣如，富以其鄰。
Trust binds closely. Wealth is shared with the neighbors.
Close binding and shared wealth occupy Line 5, the firm center; turning it yielding changes upper wind to mountain and forms Hexagram 26.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- outer · center
Line 5 is the center of the outer trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yang in an odd place: aligned
Its yang polarity matches the traditional odd-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 2: same polarity
Its counterpart is Line 2; the two share a polarity, so this structural correspondence is not responsive.
One line changes