Hexagram 35 · ䷢
Progress. The powerful prince is honored with horses in large numbers. In a single day he is granted audience three times.
Judgment
Progress. The powerful prince is honored with horses in large numbers. In a single day he is granted audience three times.
Image
The sun rising over the earth represents Progress. The noble person makes his brilliant virtue shine forth.
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Advancing but turned back. Perseverance brings good fortune. If not trusted, remain calm. No blame. Advancing in sorrow. Perseverance brings good fortune, then great blessing from...
Progress. The powerful prince is honored with horses in large numbers. In a single day he is granted audience three times.
Progress. The powerful prince is honored with horses in large numbers. In a single day he is granted audience three times.
Progress means advancing. The bright light emerges from the earth. Gentle and devoted, it ascends gradually. It is therefore said that the powerful prince is honored with horses in large numbers and granted audience three times in a single day.
Progress means advancing. Light emerges from the earth, gentle and devoted, gradually ascending. The prince receives honors because he embodies these qualities.
The sun rises over the earth: the image of Progress. The noble person makes his own brilliant virtue bright.
The sun rising over the earth represents Progress. The noble person makes his brilliant virtue shine forth.
Progressing, but turned back. Perseverance brings good fortune. If one meets with no confidence, one should remain calm. No blame.
Advancing but turned back. Perseverance brings good fortune. If not trusted, remain calm. No blame.
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Progressing but turned back: alone he practices the right way. To remain calm means not yet receiving an appointment.
Advancing but turned back means practicing the right way alone.
Progressing, but in sorrow. Perseverance brings good fortune. Then one obtains great happiness from his grandmother.
Advancing in sorrow. Perseverance brings good fortune, then great blessing from the grandmother.
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Then one obtains great happiness: because he possesses the middle and the correct.
Great happiness comes from possessing the middle and correct position.
All are in agreement. Remorse disappears.
All in agreement—remorse disappears through united will.
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The agreement of all: his will is directed upward.
All in agreement shows the will directed upward.
Progress like a hamster. Perseverance brings danger.
Advancing like a hamster—timid and calculating. Perseverance brings danger.
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Progress like a hamster, perseverance brings danger: because his place is not the proper one.
Advancing like a hamster brings danger because the position is improper.
Remorse disappears. Do not be concerned about loss or gain. To advance brings good fortune. Everything serves to further.
Remorse disappears. Do not worry about loss or gain. To advance brings good fortune in all things.
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Do not be concerned about loss or gain: to advance brings good fortune because there is something to celebrate.
Not worrying about loss or gain brings celebration.
Advancing one's horns. Only to conquer the city. Danger, but good fortune. No blame. Perseverance brings humiliation.
Advancing with horns, only to conquer the city. Dangerous but brings good fortune. No blame, though perseverance brings humiliation.
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Only to conquer the city: his way has not yet become light.
Only to conquer the city shows the way has not yet fully illuminated.
What does Chin / Progress mean in the I Ching?
Progress. The powerful prince is honored with horses in large numbers. In a single day he is granted audience three times.
How should I study Hexagram 35 on this page?
Start with the judgment and image, then read the line statements in sequence. Advancing but turned back. Perseverance brings good fortune. If not trusted, remain calm. No blame. Advancing in sorrow. Perseverance brings good fortune, then great blessing from...
How can this hexagram be applied in a modern reading?
Progress means advancing. Light emerges from the earth, gentle and devoted, gradually ascending. The prince receives honors because he embodies these qualities.
Primary text: Zhouyi / I Ching, including the Judgment, Image, line texts, and related commentaries.
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