Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 53 漸 Jiàn, Gradual Advance
  3. Line 6
53 漸, line 6

Line 6 上九 yang, undivided, of hexagram 53 漸 Jiàn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

鴻漸于陸,其羽可用為儀,吉。

hóng jiàn yú lù, qí yǔ kě yòng wèi yí, jí.

The sixth line, undivided, shows the geese gradually advanced to the large heights (beyond). Their feathers can be used as ornaments. There will be good fortune. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

其羽可用為儀,吉;不可亂也。

qí yǔ kě yòng wèi yí, jí; bù kě luàn 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.