Hexagram 5 · 需 xū

Biding Time · line 4

六四:需于血,出自穴。

The fourth line, divided, shows its subject waiting in (the place of) blood. But he will get out of the cavern.

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