57䷸巽 Gentleness Xùn

☴風🍃 Wind
☴風🍃 Wind

隨風,巽; 君子以申命行事。

Wind following wind: Gentleness. Superior people articulate directions & carry out tasks.

巽: 小亨,利攸往, 利見大人。

Gentleness: Success in small matters. Advantageous to have a goal; Advantageous to visit a great person.

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巽在床下, 喪其資斧,貞凶。

Wind under the bed. Losing wealth. Continuing leads to misfortune.

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貞吉悔亡, 无不利。 无初有終, 先庚三日, 後庚三日,吉。

Perseverance brings good fortune. Remorse vanishes. Nothing that does not further. No beginning, but an end. Before the change, three days. After the change, three days. Good fortune.

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悔亡,田獲三品。

Remorse vanishes. During a hunt three kinds of game are caught.

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頻巽,吝。

Orders repeated many times: humiliation.

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巽在床下, 用史巫 紛若,吉, 无咎。

Wind under the bed. Many fortune-tellers & wizards are used. Good fortune. No blame.

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進退, 利武人之貞。

Advancing & retreating: A warrior’s perseverance furthers.