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巽 57 · Xùn · Gentle Penetration
Wind / Wood over Wind / Wood — upper Xùn 巽 (gentle, penetrating, gradual); lower Xùn 巽 (gentle, penetrating, gradual)
Hexagram 57, Gentle Penetration (Xùn, 巽), is Wind / Wood over Wind / Wood. Wind doubled. Persistent gentle influence that reaches everywhere.
The situation
Wind doubled. Persistent gentle influence that reaches everywhere.
The counsel
Small steps and a clear goal. Follow someone worth following.
The six lines
Line 1 — Advancing and retreating. The warrior’s persistence.
Line 2 — Penetrating under the bed; consulting priests. Good.
Line 3 — Repeated penetration. Humiliation.
Line 4 — Remorse vanishes; three kinds of game taken.
Line 5 — Persist. No beginning but a good end; three days before and after.
Line 6 — Penetrating under the bed; property and axe lost. Misfortune.