Hexagram 53 of 64

䷴ 漸 jiàn

“Infiltrating”

巽上艮下

Judgment

Gradual advance, like the wild goose nearing solid ground. Step by ordered step.

[ Classical judgment text (Chinese) — placeholder ]

[ English translation — placeholder ]

Source: The I Ching, trans. James Legge, 1899 (public domain)

The six lines

  1. 初六[ Line text — placeholder ]
  2. 二六[ Line text — placeholder ]
  3. 三九[ Line text — placeholder ]
  4. 四六[ Line text — placeholder ]
  5. 五九[ Line text — placeholder ]
  6. 上九[ Line text — placeholder ]
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