Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 53 漸 Jiàn, Gradual Advance
  3. Line 2
53 漸, line 2

Line 2 六二 yin, divided, of hexagram 53 漸 Jiàn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

鴻漸于磐,飲食衎衎,吉。

hóng jiàn yú pán, yǐn shí kàn kàn, jí.

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. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

飲食衎衎,不素飽也。

yǐn shí kàn kàn, bù sù bǎo yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2560535); the text is public domain, the site's edits CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • English: James Legge, The Yî King, Sacred Books of the East vol. XVI, Oxford 1882 (public domain).
  • Pinyin: Unihan (Unicode License v3) with this site's readings for the classical cases.