Hexagram 53 漸, Line 2
漸
Hexagram 53 · second line, divided (six)
鴻漸于磐，飲食衎衎，吉。
The second line, divided, shows the geese gradually approaching the large rocks, where they eat and drink joyfully and at ease. There will be good fortune.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
飲食衎衎，不素飽也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 53 becomes hexagram 57.
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Character glossary
- 鴻hónga species of wild swan; vast
- 漸jiàngradually
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 磐pánboulder, large rock; firm, stable
- 飲yǐnto swallow, to drink; a kind of drink
- 食shífood; to eat
- 衎kànto give pleasure; pleased, happy
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 素sùplain; white; vegetarian; formerly; norm
- 飽bǎosatisfied; to eat one's fill
- 也yěalso, too
Data: English Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0); Chinese Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.