#57
Xùn · The Gentle
Upper ☴ 巽 Wind · Lower ☴ 巽 Wind
Judgment 卦辞
小亨。利有攸往。利见大人。小亨。利有攸往。利見大人。
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.
Commentary on the Judgment 彖曰
重巽以申命，刚巽乎中正而志行。柔皆顺乎刚，是以小亨，利有攸往，利见大人。重巽以申命，剛巽乎中正而志行。柔皆順乎剛，是以小亨，利有攸往，利見大人。
Image 象曰
随风，巽；君子以申命行事。隨風，巽；君子以申命行事。
上九上九
巽在床下，丧其资斧，贞凶。巽在牀下，喪其資斧，貞凶。
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.
Line image 小象：巽在床下，上穷也。丧其资斧，正乎凶也。巽在牀下，上窮也。喪其資斧，正乎凶也。
九五九五
贞吉悔亡，无不利。无初有终，先庚三日，后庚三日，吉。貞吉悔亡，无不利。无初有終，先庚三日，後庚三日，吉。
The fifth line, 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.
Line image 小象：九五之吉，位正中也。九五之吉，位正中也。
六四六四
悔亡，田获三品。悔亡，田獲三品。
The fourth line, divided, shows all occasion for repentance (in its subject) passed away. He takes game for its threefold use in his hunting.
Line image 小象：田获三品，有功也。田獲三品，有功也。
九三九三
频巽，吝。頻巽，吝。
The third line, undivided, shows its subject penetrating (only) by violent and repeated efforts. There will be occasion for regret.
Line image 小象：频巽之吝，志穷也。頻巽之吝，志窮也。
九二九二
巽在床下，用史巫纷若，吉无咎。巽在牀下，用史巫紛若，吉无咎。
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.
Line image 小象：纷若之吉，得中也。紛若之吉，得中也。
初六初六
进退，利武人之贞。進退，利武人之貞。
The first line, divided, shows its subject (now) advancing, (now) receding. It would be advantageous for him to have the firm correctness of a brave soldier.
Line image 小象：进退，志疑也。利武人之贞，志治也。進退，志疑也。利武人之貞，志治也。
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