Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 53 漸 Jiàn, Gradual Advance
  3. Line 4
53 漸, line 4

Line 4 六四 yin, divided, of hexagram 53 漸 Jiàn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

鴻漸于木，或得其桷，无咎。

hóng jiàn yú mù, huò dé qí jué, wú jiù.

The fourth line, divided, shows the geese gradually advanced to the trees. They may light on the flat branches. There will be no error. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

或得其桷，順以巽也。

huò dé qí jué, shùn yǐ xùn 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.