Hexagram 7, Shī (The Army): Line 5
师卦六五 · 地水师 · 中文版
六五：田有禽，利执言，无咎。长子帅师，弟子舆尸，贞凶。
The line (Legge)
The fifth SIX, divided, shows birds in the fields, which it will be advantageous to seize (and destroy). In that case there will be no error. If the oldest son leads the host, and younger men (idly occupy offices assigned to them), however firm and correct he may be, there will be evil.
Small Image commentary
'The oldest son leads the host:' - its movements are directed by him in accordance with his position in the centre. 'Younger men idly occupy their positions:' - the employment of such men is improper.
象曰：长子帅师，以中行也。弟子舆尸，使不当也。
In plain words
There is game in the field damaging it; it is favourable to denounce it, and there is no fault. Let the eldest son lead the army; if younger sons share the command, they cart back corpses, and holding on brings misfortune. The fifth line is the ruler, yielding and central; it does not start wars and sends troops only when attacked. The eldest son is the able second line, and the younger sons are those like the third line whose ability does not match their place. The Small Image says the eldest son leads because he walks the middle way, and the carting of corpses comes from employing the wrong people.
Applying it to your situation
If you are handing something important to someone else, this line suggests choosing the right person and making one person responsible. Who is best suited to own this?
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; one is yin and the other yang, so they respond to each other.
If this line moves
With this line moving alone, Shī changes into Hexagram 29 Kǎn (The Abysmal Water). The Jiaoshi Yilin verse for this change (Chinese): 焦氏易林·师之坎.
The hexagram
Hexagram 7 Shī (The Army). The Judgment: Shi indicates how, in the case which it supposes, with firmness and correctness, and (a leader of) age and experience, there will be good fortune and no error.
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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.