漸 → 坎
Hexagram 53: Development → Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 6).
Line 2
六二 鴻漸于磐。飲食衎衎。吉。
Six in the second place means: The wild goose gradually draws near the cliff. Eating and drinking in peace and concord. Good fortune.
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.
Line 6
上九 鴻漸于陸。其羽可用為儀。吉。
Nine at the top means: The wild goose gradually draws near the clouds heights. Its feathers can be used for the sacred dance. Good fortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
危坐至暮，請求不得。膏澤不降，政戾民惑。
Sitting upright in peril until nightfall; his plea gains nothing. Bounteous rain does not descend; governance goes astray, the people are bewildered.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind over mountain descends into doubled water: gradual development plunges into the repeated danger of the Abyss. Sitting rigidly until nightfall, one's petition is denied. The nourishing rain does not descend; governance goes awry and the people are bewildered. The verse depicts a supplicant who waits all day and receives nothing, mirroring a drought where heaven withholds its grace. From Development to the Abysmal, the patient cultivator falls into the pit. Water upon water, danger layered on danger: the very persistence that defines Development here becomes an exercise in futility. The sky refuses to open, the ruler refuses to listen, and the people suffer. Gradual effort cannot penetrate a system that has sealed itself shut.
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