Line 06
Top Nine
The goose gradually reaches the land. Its feathers can be used in ritual. Good fortune.
Corresponds to line 3
Commentary
Its feathers can be used in ritual. Good fortune. They cannot be thrown into disorder.
53
漸
Jiàn
Hexagram 53: Development
彖 · Tuan
Judgment
A woman is given in marriage. Good fortune. Favorable to persevere.
Judgment Commentary · 彖傳
Gradual Advance means advancing. A woman is given in marriage: Good fortune. In advancing, one gains the proper place. Going on, there is merit. Advancing through correctness, one can thereby set the state right. In its place, the firm gains the center. Stopping yet remaining compliant, movement does not come to exhaustion.
象 · Xiang
Image
Wood on the mountain: Gradual Advance. The Noble One dwells in worthy virtue and improves the customs.
六爻 · Six Lines
Lines
Line 05
Nine in the Fifth
The goose gradually reaches the mound. The wife is not pregnant for three years. In the end, nothing overcomes this. Good fortune.
Central Corresponds to line 2
Commentary
In the end nothing overcomes it. Good fortune. What is wished is attained.
Line 04
Six in the Fourth
The goose gradually reaches the tree. Perhaps it finds a flat branch. No blame.
Corresponds to line 1
Commentary
Perhaps it finds a flat branch because it follows with compliance.
Line 03
Nine in the Third
The goose gradually reaches the land. The husband goes and does not return. The wife is pregnant and does not rear the child. Misfortune. Favorable to defend against robbers.
Corresponds to line 6
Commentary
The husband goes and does not return because he leaves his own group. The wife is pregnant and does not rear the child because she loses her Way. It is favorable to defend against robbers because compliance preserves one another.
Line 02
Six in the Second
The goose gradually reaches the rock. Eating and drinking in ease. Good fortune.
Central Corresponds to line 5
Commentary
Eating and drinking in ease means it is more than mere satiety.
Line 01
Initial Six
The goose gradually reaches the bank. The young one is in danger, and there is talk. No blame.
Corresponds to line 4
Commentary
The young one's danger means that, in principle, there is No blame.
卦象 · Guà Xiàng
Trigrams
Ruling trigram
Kên
