Hexagram 5 · 需 xū

Biding Time · line 3

九三:需于泥,致寇至。

The third line, undivided, shows its subject in the mud (close by the stream). He thereby invites the approach of injury.

James Legge, 1882

Hexagram 5 Biding Time · Judgement

需:有孚,光亨,貞吉。利涉大川。

Hsü intimates that, with the sincerity which is declared in it, there will be brilliant success. With firmness there will be good fortune; and it will be advantageous to cross the great stream.

James Legge, 1882