![]() |
Hexagram 57 | The Gentle (The Penetrating, Wind) | ||
Expression |
![]() |
|||
Judgement | The Gentle. Success through what is small. It furthers one to have somewhere to go. It furthers one to see the great man. | |||
Image | Winds following one upon the other. Image of the Gently Penetrating. Thus the superior man Spreads his commands abroad And carries out his undertakings. | |||
![]() ![]() |
||||
69
|
Expression: Penetration under the bed. He loses his property and his ax. Perseverance brings misfortune. | |||
Image: 'The representative of penetration is beneath a couch:'--though occupying the topmost place, his powers are exhausted. 'He has lost the axe with which he executed his decisions:'--though he try to be correct, there will be evil. | ||||
95
|
Expression: 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. | |||
Image: 'The good fortune of (the subject of) the fifth NINE, undivided,' is owing to its correct position and its being in the centre. | ||||
64
|
Expression: Repeated penetration. Humiliation. | |||
Image: 'He takes game in his hunting, enough for the threefold use of it:'--he achieves merit. | ||||
93
|
Expression: Repeated penetration. Humiliation. | |||
Image: 'The regret arising from the violent and repeated efforts to penetrate' shows the exhaustion of the will. | ||||
92
|
Expression: Penetration under the bed. Priests and magicians are used in great number. Good fortune. No blame. | |||
Image: 'The good fortune springing from what borders on confusion' is due to the position (of the line) in the centre. | ||||
16
|
Expression: In advancing and in retreating, the perseverance of a warrior furthers. | |||
Image: '(Now) he advances, (now) he recedes:'--his mind is perplexed.It would be advantageous for him to have the firmness of a brave soldier:'--his mind would in that case be well governed. | ||||