Hexagram 22, Bì (Grace): Line 5
贲卦六五 · 山火贲 · 中文版
六五：贲于丘园，束帛戋戋，吝，终吉。
The line (Legge)
The fifth SIX, divided, shows its subject adorned by (the occupants of) the heights and gardens. He bears his roll of silk, small and slight. He may appear stingy; but there will be good fortune in the end.
Small Image commentary
'The good fortune falling to the fifth six, (divided); affords occasion for joy.
象曰：六五之吉，有喜也。
In plain words
Adornment in the hills and gardens; the roll of silk is small and thin: regret, but in the end good fortune. Hills and gardens are where recluses live. The fifth line holds the place of honour yet values plainness: the gift is small but the feeling is true. The Small Image says there is joy.
Applying it to your situation
If you worry that your gift or effort is too plain, this line suggests sincerity matters more than abundance. More than the form, what do you want to convey?
Position
A broken (yin) line in the fifth place, which is a yang (odd) place, so it is not in its proper place. It holds the centre of the upper trigram. Its partner is line 2; both are yin, so they do not respond.
If this line moves
With this line moving alone, Bì changes into Hexagram 37 Jiā Rén (The Family). The Jiaoshi Yilin verse for this change (Chinese): 焦氏易林·贲之家人.
A recorded case from Takashima
Bi (Grace) to Jia Ren: leaving trade for a garden in old age: A friend who had done well from long years in trade asked about his fortunes and received the fifth line of Bi (Grace), "adorning the hill garden; a modest roll of silk; shame, but good in the end". Takashima advised him to stop competing with the flashy new ways of business and retire to a garden in the hills.
The hexagram
Hexagram 22 Bì (Grace). The Judgment: Bi indicates that there should be free course (in what it denotes). There will be little advantage (however) if it be allowed to advance (and take the lead).
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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.