Hexagram 57, Xùn (The Gentle Wind): Line 5
巽卦九五 · 巽为风 · 中文版
九五：贞吉悔亡，无不利。无初有终，先庚三日，后庚三日，吉。
The line (Legge)
The fifth NINE, undivided, shows that with firm correctness there will be good fortune (to its subject). All occasion for repentance will disappear, and all his movements will be advantageous. There may have been no (good) beginning, but there will be a (good) end. Three days before making any changes, (let him give notice of them); and three days after, (let him reconsider them). There will (thus) be good fortune.
Small Image commentary
'The good fortune of (the subject of) the fifth NINE, undivided,' is owing to its correct position and its being in the centre.
象曰：九五之吉，位正中也。
In plain words
Steadfastness brings good fortune and regret vanishes; nothing is unfavourable; no good beginning but a good end; three days before the day geng and three days after: good fortune. Geng suggests change: changing an order calls for care, with warnings before and checks after. The fifth line is central and correct, the ruler of the hexagram. The Small Image says its position is central and correct.
Applying it to your situation
If you are making a change, this line suggests talking it through beforehand and reviewing it carefully afterwards. Did you explain it first, and did you look back after?
Position
A solid (yang) line in the fifth place, which is a yang (odd) place, so it is in its proper place. It holds the centre of the upper trigram. Its partner is line 2; both are yang, so they do not respond.
If this line moves
With this line moving alone, Xùn changes into Hexagram 18 Gǔ (Repairing the Spoiled). The Jiaoshi Yilin verse for this change (Chinese): 焦氏易林·巽之蛊.
The hexagram
Hexagram 57 Xùn (The Gentle Wind). The Judgment: Xun intimates that (under the conditions which it denotes) there will be some little attainment and progress. There will be advantage in movement onward in whatever direction. It will be advantageous (also) to see the great man.
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English text: James Legge, The Yi King (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 16, 1882), public domain, as transcribed by the Chinese Text Project. Chinese: the received text. Offered for study and reflection, not as prediction. Plain-English readings and position notes by this site.