漸 → 觀
Hexagram 53: Development → Hexagram 20: Contemplation
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 3).
Line 3
九三 鴻漸于陸。夫征不復。婦孕不育。凶。利禦寇。
Nine in the third place means: The wild goose gradually draws near the plateau. The man goes forth and does not return. The woman carries a child but does not bring it forth. Misfortune. It furthers one to fight off robbers.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
春鴻飛東，以馬貿金。利得十倍，重載歸鄉。
Spring geese fly east; trading horses for gold. Profit gained tenfold; laden heavy, returning home.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind over mountain shifts to wind over earth: gradual development broadens into expansive contemplation. Spring geese fly east; one trades horses for gold. Profit returns tenfold, and the laden traveler journeys home. The wild goose, signature creature of hexagram 53, here marks the season for action. Spring is the time to trade, and the merchant who follows the goose's eastward path exchanges livestock for precious metal, multiplying his wealth. From Development to Contemplation, the wind that grew trees on the mountain now sweeps across the earth's broad surface. Contemplation's image is the sovereign surveying his realm from a tower: the merchant's tenfold gain reflects the overview that patient observation affords. Gradual study of the market yields commanding perspective.
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