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53 Gradually
The Statement of the first hexagram
A woman marries: fortune.
Gainful purity.
The changing lines
The second line:
Wild swans gradually reach the boulder.
Drinking and eating in bliss. Fortune.
The third line:
Wild swans gradually reach the shore.
A man journeys but does not return. A wife,
pregnant; does not give birth. Misfortune.
Gain by guarding against raiders.
The fourth line:
Wild swans gradually reach the wood.
Some find branches. No fault.
The sixth line:
Wild swans gradually reach a plateau.
Their feathers can be used for the rites.
Fortune.
47 Distress
The Statement of the second hexagram
Distress. Continue.
For a pure and great person: fortune.
No fault. What is said is not trusted.
The Image of the first hexagram
Wood on the mountain:
gradually.
The noble one dwells
in high moral character
and reforms
popular customs.
The Image of the second hexagram
A lake without water:
distress. The noble one
devotes her life
to fulfill her will.