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易 · #53

漸

Development

Hexagram 53

Hexagram 53 Development (漸)

Upper

巽Wind風

Lower

艮Mountain山

Meaning · modern paraphrase

Gradual development; what grows slowly lasts long.

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Opposite (錯卦)歸妹The Marrying Maiden

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Same upper trigram

小畜Small Taming 觀Contemplation 家人The Family 益Increase 巽The Gentle 渙Dispersion 中孚Inner Truth

Same lower trigram

謙Modesty 咸Influence 遯Retreat 蹇Obstruction 艮Keeping Still 旅The Wanderer 小過Small Excess

The I Ching is a traditional divination classic, for reflection and reference.