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Transformation · lines 2, 3, 4, and 6

Overwhelmed becomes Gradual Progress

困 47 Overwhelmed 漸 53 Gradual Progress
Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

A tree now stands on the mountain, growing by degrees, as four lines move. The resulting hexagram keeps its first and fifth lines still, and those lines point the way. The first says your first steps may be slow, and inexperience may make it look as if you'll fail, so people will talk; there's nothing to fear. The fifth says that in the middle of your progress you may be cut off while hostile people stir up misunderstandings, and that the answer is to wait calmly until it passes, as it will. So 47 Overwhelmed, with its disbelief and hostile surroundings, opens onto 53 Gradual Progress, a steady advance in stages that make it last. Gossip and setbacks don't mean you're on the wrong path. Keep climbing one rung at a time, don't try to rush, and let your conduct quietly answer the talk.

What to read, in order

Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.

  1. Line 1 of 53 Gradual Progress, which stays still

    Your first steps may be slow, and through lack of experience it may look at first as if you'll fail, so people will talk. Nothing to fear.

    The wild goose moves by degrees to the shore. The young one is in danger; there is talk. No fault.

  2. Line 5 of 53 Gradual Progress, which stays still

    In the middle of your progress you're cut off, and hostile people stir up misunderstandings around you. All you can do is wait calmly for this to pass; it will pass on its own.

    The wild goose moves by degrees to the hill. For three years the wife does not conceive; in the end nothing overcomes her. Good fortune.

  3. The judgment of 47 Overwhelmed

    Things are very much against you: the wrong people surround you, no one believes what you say, and obstacles hem you in. All you can do is accept it and wait for better conditions to come. Your only resource is the inner light that lives in you; turn to that strength to hold you up right now.

    Success. For the great person, constancy brings good fortune. No fault. They speak and are not believed.

  4. Line 2 of 47 Overwhelmed

    The troubles right now are on the inside; on the outside, everything is fine. You need to recognize where the problem lies to solve it, and it's wise to seek help.

    Hard pressed with wine and food. The red sash arrives. It is favorable to make sacrifices. Setting out brings misfortune. No fault.

  5. Line 3 of 47 Overwhelmed

    Facing obstacles with weakness and complaints won't move you forward; on the contrary, it will sink you deeper.

    Hard pressed by stone, leaning on thorns. Enters the house and does not see the wife. Misfortune.

  6. Line 4 of 47 Overwhelmed

    Helping others in times of hardship matters, but that help has to be quick to do its job.

    Comes slowly, slowly, hard pressed in a metal carriage. Distress, but there is an end.

  7. Line 6 of 47 Overwhelmed

    The pressure is nearing its end, and the obstacles will be easy to overcome. If your inner strength is with you as well, success will come much more easily.

    Hard pressed among creeping vines, on what totters. It is said: moving brings regret. If there is regret, setting out brings good fortune.

  8. The judgment of 53 Gradual Progress

    You'll make progress, and it will come step by step, gradually, through stages that make it lasting and stable. Trying to speed things up will bring delays and obstacles. Keep at it, one rung at a time.

    The woman goes to be married: good fortune. Constancy is favorable.

The trigrams

Below Water Mountain
Above Lake Wind

The way back

53 Gradual Progress → 47 Overwhelmed
lines 2, 3, 4, and 6

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