Hexagram 53 · Line 5
Development — 五六
Jian Gradual · Wu Liu
五六 · Wu Liu
The Line
The wild goose gradually draws near the summit. The woman for three years gets no child. Finally nothing can prevent it. Good fortune!
Interpretation
The summit is a high place. In a high place one easily comes into isolation. One is misunderstood by the one on whom one is dependent: the woman by her husband, the official by their lord. The cause of this is false people who have pushed themselves between. The consequence is that the relations remain sterile and nothing is accomplished. But the development brings it about that such misunderstandings dissolve and union finally comes about after all.