Hexagram 57
巽为风
The Gentle
Upper Trigram
☴
巽 (木)
Lower Trigram
☴
巽 (木)
Palace
巽 Palace
Shi / Ying Lines
Shi: Line 6 · Ying: Line 3
The 巽 trigram (木) sits above the 巽 trigram (木), forming 巽为风. This hexagram belongs to the 巽 Palace.
Judgment (卦辞)
The Gentle. Success through what is small.
Image (象辞)
Winds following one upon the other: the image of the Gently Penetrating.
Line Texts (爻辞)
Line 1
In advancing and retreating, perseverance of a warrior. (进退)
Line 2
Penetration under the bed. Priests and magicians. (巽在床下)
Line 3
Repeated penetration. Humiliation. (频巽)
Line 4
Remorse vanishes. During hunt, three kinds of game. (悔亡)
Line 5
Perseverance brings good fortune. No beginning, but an end. (贞吉)
Line 6
Penetration under the bed. Loses property and ax. (巽在床下)