Progress — the sun rising, a time of rapid and easy advance.
This is a time of swift, recognized advancement and growing influence. Move forward openly and let your merit be seen. Progress favors the sincere and the bright.
progressadvancementrecognitiongrowth
Progress places Fire (clinging, light-giving) above Earth (receptive, devoted). The interplay of these two trigrams gives the hexagram its character.
The Classical Textoriginal Chinese
The Judgment · 卦辞
康侯用锡马蕃庶，昼日三接。
The Image · 大象
明出地上，晋；君子以自昭明德。
The Six Lines · 爻辞
- 初六晋如，摧如，贞吉。罔孚，裕无咎。象曰：晋如摧如，独行正也。裕无咎，未受命也。
- 六二晋如，愁如，贞吉。受兹介福，于其王母。象曰：受兹介福，以中正也。
- 六三众允，悔亡。象曰：众允之志，上行也。
- 九四晋如鼫鼠，贞厉。象曰：鼫鼠贞厉，位不当也。
- 六五悔亡，失得勿恤，往吉，无不利。象曰：失得勿恤，往有庆也。
- 上九晋其角，维用伐邑，厉吉，无咎，贞吝。象曰：维用伐邑，道未光也。
The judgment, image and line texts above are quoted from the original Zhou Yi. A modern Chinese translation of the full classic is available on the original-text page.