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Jian.53 is built using three side-by-side elements. On the left is the general symbol for Water, reduced to three strokes as it always is when in a composition. In the middle is found the character Chariot and on the right that of Axe. Water digs the ravines, the Chariot digs the rut. One and the other, like the Axe, pursues a bit-by-bit movement which, by its incessant repetition, finally attains its goal. Each in its own way, the three elements here associated evoke, by their repeated back and forth motion, a moment of pulling back followed by a resuming. These continuous movements describe the general movement of this hexagram.
It is not impossible that this character may have been chosen for the duality of its pronounciation, each depicting a different level. Pronounced in the fourth tone, it describes the general meaning of the figure (Progressing one step at a time, Gradually). Pronounced in the first tone it proposes the image of a tributary reaching an important Waterway. This image evokes the union of King Wen with the youngest daughter of the sovereign Shang. This same union is considered in Gui Mei.54, focusing on the point of view of the youngest daughter.
Confucius
It is not impossible that this character may have been chosen for the duality of its pronounciation, each depicting a different level. Pronounced in the fourth tone, it describes the general meaning of the figure (Progressing one step at a time, Gradually). Pronounced in the first tone it proposes the image of a tributary reaching an important Waterway. This image evokes the union of King Wen with the youngest daughter of the sovereign Shang. This same union is considered in Gui Mei.54, focusing on the point of view of the youngest daughter.
Confucius