Approach

Hexagram 19 of 64
Judgment · 卦辞
Approach. Supreme success. Perseverance brings reward. By the eighth month there will be misfortune.
臨,元亨利貞。至于八月有凶。
Commentary on the Judgment · 彖传
The strong gradually advances and grows.
臨,剛浸而長。
Image · 象传
Lake above the earth: approaching. The wise person teaches and thinks without end.
澤上有地,臨。君子以教思无窮。

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Six Lines · 六爻
Line 1
Joint approach. Perseverance brings good fortune.
咸臨,貞吉。
Approaching with feeling. Perseverance brings good fortune. The will acts correctly.
咸臨貞吉,志行正也。
Line 2
Joint approach. Good fortune — nothing unfavorable.
咸臨,吉,无不利。
Approaching with feeling. Good fortune, nothing unfavorable. Still not following fate.
咸臨吉无不利,未順命也。
Line 3
Sweet approach — nothing furthering. If anxiety about it arises, no blame.
甘臨,无攸利。既憂之,无咎。
Approaching with sweetness. The position is not fitting. But once worried about it, the fault does not last.
甘臨,位不當也。既憂之,咎不長也。
Line 4
Complete approach. No blame.
至臨,无咎。
Approaching with utmost care, no fault. The position is fitting.
至臨无咎,位當也。
Line 5
Wise approach — fitting for a great leader. Good fortune.
知臨,大君之宜,吉。
What is fitting for the great ruler. Practicing the middle way.
大君之宜,行中之謂也。
Line 6
Sincere, generous approach. Good fortune, no blame.
敦臨,吉,无咎。
Approaching with sincerity brings good fortune. The will is within.
敦臨之吉,志在内也。
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