Hexagram 53 漸, Line 5
漸
Hexagram 53 · fifth line, undivided (nine)
鴻漸于陵，婦三歲不孕，終莫之勝，吉。
The fifth line, undivided, shows the geese gradually advanced to the high mound. (It suggests the idea of) a wife who for three years does not become pregnant; but in the end the natural issue cannot be prevented. There will be good fortune.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
終莫之勝，吉；得所愿也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 53 becomes hexagram 52.
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Character glossary
- 鴻hónga species of wild swan; vast
- 漸jiàngradually
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 陵línghill, mound; mausoleum
- 婦fùmarried woman; wife
- 三sānthree
- 歲suìyear; years old, age; harvest
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 孕yùnpregnant; pregnancy
- 終zhōngend; finally, in the end
- 莫mòcannot; do not; is not; negative
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 勝shèngvictory; to excel, to truimph
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable,
- 所suǒplace, location; "that which", a particl
- 愿yuàndesire, wish; honest, virtuous; ready, w
- 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.