Hexagram 53
Step by Step
漸 · jiàn
- Upper trigram
- 巽 · wind
- Lower trigram
- 艮 · mountain
Judgement
漸：女歸吉，利貞。
Kien suggests to us the marriage of a young lady, and the good fortune (attending it). There will be advantage in being firm and correct.
James Legge, 1882
Lines · bottom to top
- Line 1 初六
初六：鴻漸于干，小子厲，有言，无咎。
The first line, divided, shows the wild geese gradually approaching the shore. A young officer (in similar circumstances) will be in a position of danger, and be spoken against; but there will be no error.
- Line 2 六二
六二：鴻漸于磐，飲食衎衎，吉。
The second line, divided, shows the geese gradually approaching the large rocks, where they eat and drink joyfully and at ease. There will be good fortune.
- Line 3 九三
九三：鴻漸于陸，夫征不復，婦孕不育，凶，利禦寇。
The third line, undivided, shows them gradually advanced to the dry plains. (It suggests also the idea of) a husband who goes on an expedition from which he does not return, and of a wife who is pregnant, but will not nourish her child. There will be evil. (The case symbolised) might be advantageous in resisting plunderers.
- Line 4 六四
六四：鴻漸于木，或得其桷，无咎。
The fourth line, divided, shows the geese gradually advanced to the trees. They may light on the flat branches. There will be no error.
- Line 5 九五
九五：鴻漸于陵，婦三歲不孕，終莫之勝，吉。
The fifth line, undivided, shows the geese gradually advanced to the high mound. (It suggests the idea of) a wife who for three years does not become pregnant; but in the end the natural issue cannot be prevented. There will be good fortune.
- Line 6 上九
上九：鴻漸于陸，其羽可用為儀，吉。
The sixth line, undivided, shows the geese gradually advanced to the large heights (beyond). Their feathers can be used as ornaments. There will be good fortune.