Hexagram 53 漸, Line 4
漸
Hexagram 53 · fourth line, divided (six)
鴻漸于木，或得其桷，无咎。
The fourth line, divided, shows the geese gradually advanced to the trees. They may light on the flat branches. There will be no error.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
或得其桷，順以巽也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 53 becomes hexagram 33.
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Character glossary
- 鴻hónga species of wild swan; vast
- 漸jiàngradually
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 木mùtree; wood, lumber; wooden
- 或huòor, either, else; maybe, perhaps, possib
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable,
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 桷juérafter; Malus toringo
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 順shùnto submit to, to obey, to go along with
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 巽xùnmild, modest, obedient; southeast; 5th o
- 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.