Hexagram 57 of 64

Xùn — Wind Beneath Wind

巽为风 · Legge: Sun · Wind above, Wind below

Wind beneath wind: repeated orders, small gains, and the advantage of seeing the great man.

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The Judgment

Xùn. There will be some little attainment and progress. There will be advantage in movement onward in whatever direction. It will be advantageous to see the great man.

Legge’s 1882 translation

Sun intimates that (under the conditions which it denotes) there will be some little attainment and progress. There will be advantage in movement onward in whatever direction. It will be advantageous (also) to see the great man.

The Image

LVII. (Two trigrams representing) wind, following each other, form Sun. The superior man, in accordance with this, reiterates his orders, and secures the practice of his affairs.

随风,巽;君子以申命行事。

The Six Lines

The first six · 初六

The first line, divided, shows its subject advancing, receding. It would be advantageous for him to have the firm correctness of a brave soldier.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The first six, divided, shows its subject (now) advancing, (now) receding. It would be advantageous for him to have the firm correctness of a brave soldier.

The second nine · 九二

The second line, undivided, shows the representative of Sun beneath a couch, and employing diviners and exorcists in a way bordering on confusion. There will be good fortune and no error.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The second nine, undivided, shows the representative of Sun beneath a couch, and employing diviners and exorcists in a way bordering on confusion. There will be good fortune and no error.

The third nine · 九三

The third line, undivided, shows its subject penetrating by violent and repeated efforts. There will be occasion for regret.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The third nine, undivided, shows its subject penetrating (only) by violent and repeated efforts. There will be occasion for regret.

The fourth six · 六四

The fourth line, divided, shows all occasion for repentance passed away. He takes game for its threefold use in his hunting.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The fourth six, divided, shows all occasion for repentance (in its subject) passed away. He takes game for its threefold use in his hunting.

The fifth nine · 九五

The fifth line, undivided, shows that with firm correctness there will be good fortune. All occasion for repentance will disappear, and all his movements will be advantageous. There may have been no beginning, but there will be a end. Three days before making any changes,; and three days after,. There will be good fortune.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The fifth nine, undivided, shows that with firm correctness there will be good fortune (to its subject). All occasion for repentance will disappear, and all his movements will be advantageous. There may have been no (good) beginning, but there will be a (good) end. Three days before making any changes, (let him give notice of them); and three days after, (let him reconsider them). There will (thus) be good fortune.

The topmost nine · 上九

The sixth line, undivided, shows the representative of penetration beneath a couch, and having lost the axe with which he executed his decisions. However firm and correct he may try to be, there will be evil.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The sixth nine, undivided, shows the representative of penetration beneath a couch, and having lost the axe with which he executed his decisions. However firm and correct he may (try to) be, there will be evil.

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