Hexagram 35 of 64 · King Wen order
晉Progress
Jìn · ䷢ · above: Fire ☲ 離 Lí · below: Earth ☷ 坤 Kūn
Natural, easy advancement when one's inner light and social position are in alignment.A one-line gloss written for this site (AI-assisted). Everything below it is the classical text.
The Judgment 卦辭
康侯用錫馬蕃庶，晝日三接。
In Žin we see a prince who secures the tranquillity (of the people) presented on that account with numerous horses (by the king), and three times in a day received at interviews.
James Legge, The Yî King (1882), the Text. Words in (parentheses) are Legge's own additions.
Commentary on the Judgment 彖傳 (Tuan, the first Wing)
1. Zin denotes advancing.
2. (In Zin we have) the bright (sun) appearing above the earth; (the symbol of) docile submission cleaving to that of the Great brightness; and the weak line advanced and moving above:—all these things give us the idea of 'a prince who secures the tranquillity (of the people), presented on that account with numerous horses (by the king), and three times in a day received at interviews.'
The Image 象
明出地上，晉；君子以自昭明德。
(The trigram representing) the earth and that for the bright (sun) coming forth above it form Žin. The superior man, according to this, gives himself to make more brilliant his bright virtue.
Legge's Great Image (Appendix II). The Chinese above also carries the Small Images of the six lines.
The six lines 爻辭
Read from the bottom (line 1) to the top (line 6). Each line: the Chinese, Legge's translation, and the Small Image commentary on it.
Line 1 初六
The first line from the bottom, yin (broken, six)
晉如，摧如，貞吉。罔孚，裕無咎。
The first SIX, divided, shows one wishing to advance, and (at the same time) kept back. Let him be firm and correct, and there will be good fortune. If trust be not reposed in him, let him maintain a large and generous mind, and there will be no error.
Small Image: 'He appears wishing to advance, but (at the same time) being kept back:'—all-alone he pursues the correct course. 'Let him maintain a large and generous mind, and there will be no error:'—he has not yet received an official charge.
If this line changes, it becomes Hexagram 21, Biting Through.
Line 2 六二
The second line from the bottom, yin (broken, six)
晉如，愁如，貞吉。受茲介福，于其王母。
The second SIX, divided, shows its subject with the appearance of advancing, and yet of being sorrowful. If he be firm and correct, there will be good fortune. He will receive this great blessing from his grandmother.
Small Image: 'He will receive this great blessing:'—for he is in the central place and the correct position for him.
If this line changes, it becomes Hexagram 64, Before Completion.
Line 3 六三
The third line from the bottom, yin (broken, six)
眾允，悔亡。
The third SIX, divided, shows its subject trusted by all (around him). All occasion for repentance will disappear.
Small Image: 'All (around) trust him:'—their (common) aim is to move upwards and act.
If this line changes, it becomes Hexagram 56, The Wanderer.
Line 4 九四
The fourth line from the bottom, yang (solid, nine)
晉如鼫鼠，貞厲。
The fourth NINE, undivided, shows its subject with the appearance of advancing, but like a marmot. However firm and correct he may be, the position is one of peril.
Small Image: '(He advances like) a marmot. However firm and correct he may be, his position is one of peril:'—his place is not that appropriate for him.
If this line changes, it becomes Hexagram 23, Splitting Apart.
Line 5 六五
The fifth line from the bottom, yin (broken, six)
悔亡，失得勿恤，往吉無不利。
The fifth SIX, divided, shows how all occasion for repentance disappears (from its subject). (But) let him not concern himself about whether he shall fail or succeed. To advance will be fortunate, and in every way advantageous.
Small Image: 'Let him not concern himself whether he fails or succeeds:'—his movement in advance will afford ground for congratulation.
If this line changes, it becomes Hexagram 12, Standstill.
Line 6 上九
The sixth line from the bottom, yang (solid, nine)
晉其角，維用伐邑，厲吉無咎，貞吝。
The topmost NINE, undivided, shows one advancing his horns. But he only uses them to punish the (rebellious people of his own) city. The position is perilous, but there will be good fortune. (Yet) however firm and correct he may be, there will be occasion for regret.
Small Image: 'He uses his horns only to punish (the rebellious people of) his city:'—his course of procedure is not yet brilliant.
If this line changes, it becomes Hexagram 16, Enthusiasm.
Related hexagrams
lines 2-4 below, 3-5 aboveOpposite 錯卦5. Waiting 需
every line changedInverse 綜卦36. Darkening of the Light 明夷
turned upside down
A hexagram is a mirror, not a command: read it to reflect, never to obey. Sources: James Legge (tr.), The Yî King, Sacred Books of the East vol. XVI (Oxford, 1882; 2nd ed. 1899), public domain; the Chinese text from Project Gutenberg ebook #25501 (易經), public domain. The trigram facts and the related hexagrams are computed from the line pattern. The gloss, selection and arrangement are CC-BY-SA-4.0 (PlayfulProcess). Data: github.com/PlayfulProcess/recursive-iching.