The Hexagrams

One of the sixty-four hexagrams of the Yijing, the Book of Changes.

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53

Gradual Advance

Jian 漸

A maiden goes to be married. Good fortune. It is favorable to be steadfast.

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A tree on the mountain: this is Gradual Advance. So the noble person abides in worth and virtue and makes the people’s customs better.

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Adapted from Yi King (1882) by James Legge.