Hexagram 53 of 64 · King Wen sequence

Development

渐 · jiàn

Above: Wind
Below: Mountain

Wind above the mountain: the wild goose approaching by stages — the wedding procession that goes, because each stage is right.

The wild goose draws near the ground by stages — the water’s edge, the rocks, the tree, the ridge: Development is the hexagram of the gradual approach, exemplified by a wedding procession that goes forward because every stage of it is correct.

Its counsel is patience with sequence: the goose does not skip the rocks to reach the ridge. Development that respects its stages is unshakeable — the go-between trusted, the pace defended, the approach praised at the end precisely because nothing was rushed at the start.

Questions this hexagram asks

What stage am I actually in — and which later stage am I trying to skip?
Where would a slower, sequenced approach be unshakeable?
Who is the go-between whose trust this approach needs?

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