57
巽
Xùn

Hexagram 57: The Gentle Wind

彖 · Tuan

Judgment

Small success. Favorable to have somewhere to go. Favorable to see a person of stature.
Judgment Commentary · 彖傳
Repeated Compliance serves to reiterate commands. The firm complies with centered correctness, and its intention is carried out. The yielding all follow the firm. Therefore there is small success. Favorable to have somewhere to go. Favorable to see a person of stature.
象 · Xiang

Image

Following wind: Compliance. The Noble One reiterates commands and puts affairs into action.
六爻 · Six Lines

Lines

Line 06

Top Nine
Compliance reaches below the bed. One loses goods and axe. Perseverance brings Misfortune.
Corresponds to line 3
Commentary
Compliance below the bed means that at the top it is exhausted. Losing goods and axe means that correctness itself becomes Misfortune.

Line 05

Nine in the Fifth
Perseverance brings Good fortune. Regret vanishes. Nothing is unfavorable. There is no beginning, but there is an end. Three days before Geng. Three days after Geng. Good fortune.
Central Corresponds to line 2
Commentary
The Good fortune of Nine in the Fifth means the place is centered and correct.

Line 04

Six in the Fourth
Regret vanishes. In the hunt, three kinds of game are taken.
Corresponds to line 1
Commentary
Taking three kinds of game in the hunt means there is merit.

Line 03

Nine in the Third
Repeated compliance. Distress.
Corresponds to line 6
Commentary
The distress of repeated compliance means the intention is exhausted.

Line 02

Nine in the Second
Compliance reaches below the bed. Use scribes and shamans in profusion. Good fortune. No blame.
Central Corresponds to line 5
Commentary
The Good fortune of profusion comes from gaining the center.

Line 01

Initial Six
Advancing and retreating. Favorable for the warrior's perseverance.
Corresponds to line 4
Commentary
Advancing and retreating means the intention is doubtful. Favorable for the warrior's perseverance means the intention is brought into order.
卦象 · Guà Xiàng

Trigrams

Upper Trigram

Sun

Penetrating

Element
Wood
Direction
Southeast
Family
Eldest Daughter
Season
Early Summer
Lower Trigram

Sun

Penetrating

Element
Wood
Direction
Southeast
Family
Eldest Daughter
Season
Early Summer
Palace
Xun Palace
Role: Palace Head
Shi line 6 · Ying line 3
Ruling trigram
Sun

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Same palace
Hexagram 37: The Family
Same palace
Hexagram 42: Increase

Correspondences

Upper Trigram
巽 Sun
Penetrating
Lower Trigram
巽 Sun
Penetrating
Palace
Xun Palace
Palace 5
Element
木 Wood
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