Line 5 九五 yang, undivided, of hexagram 53 漸 Jiàn
The line, with Legge
Line statement 爻辭
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. (Legge, 1882)
The Image 小象
終莫之勝，吉；得所愿也。
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.