漸 → 歸妹
Hexagram 53: Development → Hexagram 54: The Marrying Maiden
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1
初六 鴻漸于干。小子厲有言。無咎。
Six at the beginning means: The wild goose gradually draws near the shore. The young son is in danger. There is talk. No blame.
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 4
六四 鴻漸于木。或得其桷。无咎。
Six in the fourth place means: The wild goose goes gradually draws near the tree. Perhaps it will find a flat branch. No blame.
Line 5
九五 鴻漸于陵。婦三歲不孕。終莫之勝。吉。
Nine in the fifth place means: The wild goose gradually draws near the summit. For three years the woman has no child. In the end nothing can hinder her. Good fortune.
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
海隅遼右，福祿所至。柔嘉蒙祉，九夷何咎？
The sea's far corner, Liao to the right; where fortune and blessing arrive. Gentle and fine, receiving heaven's favor; what blame upon the nine Yi tribes?
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind over mountain meets thunder above lake: gradual development leads to the Marrying Maiden. To the far northeast, by the sea's edge, blessings and prosperity arrive. Gentle and virtuous, one receives heaven's grace. What fault is there among the nine Yi peoples? The verse celebrates the reach of civilization to its farthest borders: even the distant maritime frontier and the Yi peoples are embraced by fortune. From Development to the Marrying Maiden, thunder stirs above the lake, the younger sister given in marriage as a diplomatic bond. The gradual extension of culture and virtue, reaching outward to the periphery, mirrors the marriage alliance that binds distant peoples to the center. Development's patient expansion finds its consummation in the union that bridges cultures.
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