Hexagram 35 · Jin · Progress

King Wen, Duke of Zhou, Confucius · Western Zhou (c.1000 BCE)

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Progress: the powerful prince is honored with horses in great number. In a single day he is granted audience three times. 1. Progressing but turned back. Perseverance: good fortune. No confidence — be calm. 2. Progressing but in sorrow. Perseverance: good fortune. Receives blessing from the ancestral mother. 3. All in accord. Remorse disappears. 4. Progress like a hamster. Perseverance: danger. 5. Remorse disappears. Take not gain and loss to heart. Good fortune. 6. Progressing with horns — to subdue one's city. Danger: good fortune, no blame.