Hexagram 5: Waiting
Statement: Waiting. Stay confident: there is light everywhere. Pure fortune. Advance across the great river.
Top trigram: Water
Bottom trigram: Heaven
Hexagram Number: 5
Hexagram Name: Waiting
Line 1 comment: Waiting in the countryside. Gain by being steadfast. Be without fault.
Line 2 comment: Waiting in the sand. The small will talk. At last, good fortune.
Line 3 comment: Waiting in the mud draws raiders to arrive.
Line 4 comment: Waiting in a bloody cave. Get out!
Line 5 comment: Waiting with wine and food. Pure fortune.
Line 6 comment: Entering into a cave and finding uninvited strangers. Three people come. Honor them and in the end there will be good fortune.
The image Clouds rising to heaven: waiting. The noble one drinks, eats, and feasts with joy.
