Hexagram 53: Jiàn (Gradual Progress) · Takashima Ekidan

风山渐 · 第 53 卦 · 中文版

Wind over Mountain, Gradual Progress: The maiden’s marriage is auspicious; benef...

Recorded Cases (7)

A friend came to ask whether his career would succeed, and the divination produced Gradual Progress (Six at the beginning: The goose gradually approaches the riverbank. The young man is in danger; there are words, but no blame.)
In the twenty-third year of the Meiji era, a divination was performed about the fortunes of a certai (Six in the second place: The goose gradually approaches a flat rock. Eating and drinking joyfully. Good fortune.)
In the thirty-second year of the Meiji era, a divination was performed about the fortunes of the Hok (Six in the second place: The goose gradually approaches a flat rock. Eating and drinking joyfully. Good fortune.)
In the old days, while I was imprisoned, a prison officer named Wada suddenly said to me: “Why not c (Nine in the third place: The goose gradually approaches the land. The husband goes on campaign and does not return; the wife becomes pregnant but does not give birth. Misfortune. It is beneficial to repel invaders.)
The former lord of the Oga Domain, the nobleman Toda, served his mother and borrowed my villa in Kan (Nine in the fourth place: The swan gradually reaches a tree; perhaps it finds a broad, level branch. No blame.)
A merchant came to ask about his fortunes and obtained Gradual changing to Keeping Still (Nine in the fifth place: The swan gradually reaches the high ridge. The wife does not become pregnant for three years, but in the end nothing can overcome them. Auspicious.)
In Meiji 19, cholera spread through Yokohama. The families of all the Yokohama shops fled the epidem (Nine at the top: The swan gradually reaches the riverbank; its feathers can be used as ceremonial ornaments. Auspicious.)

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