Development (Gradual Progress) - Hexagram 53

渐 Hexagram 53 Chien - Development (Gradual Progress)
		above: Sun / The Gentle, Wind, Wood



		below: Kên / Keeping Still, Mountain

CHANGING LINE:

Hexagram Fifty-Three/Line Three

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.

The high plateau is dry and unsuitable for the wild goose. If it goes there, it has lost its way and gone too far. This is contrary to the law of development.
It is the same in human life. If we do not let things develop quietly but plunge of our own choice too rashly into a struggle, misfortune results. A man jeopardises his own life, and his family perishes thereby. However, this is not at all necessary; it is only the result of transgressing the law of natural development. If one does not willfully provoke a conflict, but confines himself to vigorously maintaining his own position and to warding off unjustified attacks, all goes well.

Hexagram 53Chien - Development (Gradual Progress)

Hexagram 53
Chien - Development (Gradual Progress)