Hexagram 53 漸, Line 3
漸
Hexagram 53 · third line, undivided (nine)
鴻漸于陸，夫征不復，婦孕不育，凶；利禦寇。
The third line, undivided, shows them gradually advanced to the dry plains. (It suggests also the idea of) a husband who goes on an expedition from which he does not return, and of a wife who is pregnant, but will not nourish her child. There will be evil. (The case symbolised) might be advantageous in resisting plunderers.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
夫征不復，離群丑也。婦孕不育，失其道也。利用禦寇，順相保也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 53 becomes hexagram 20.
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Character glossary
- 鴻hónga species of wild swan; vast
- 漸jiàngradually
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 陸lùland, continent; six (bankers' anti-frau
- 夫fūman, husband; worker; those
- 征zhēngto summon, to recruit; levy, tax; journe
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 復fùagain, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to r
- 婦fùmarried woman; wife
- 孕yùnpregnant; pregnancy
- 育yùto produce, to give birth to; to educate
- 凶xiōngculprit; murder; bad, sad
- 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
- 禦yùchariot; to drive, to ride; to manage
- 寇kòubandit, thief; enemy; to invade
- 離lírare beast; strange; elegant
- 群qúngroup, crowd; multitude, mob
- 丑chǒuugly; shameful; comedian, clown
- 也yěalso, too
- 失shīto lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 道dàomethod, way; path, road
- 用yòngto use, to employ, to apply; use
- 順shùnto submit to, to obey, to go along with
- 相xiāngmutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
- 保bǎoto safeguard, to protect, to defend, to
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.