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Hexagram 57 · Xùn ䷸
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巽：小亨。利有攸往。利見大人。
初六：進退，利武人之貞。
九二：巽在牀下，用史巫紛若，吉无咎。
九三：頻巽，吝。
六四：悔亡，田獲三品。
九五：貞吉悔亡，无不利。无初有終，先庚三日，後庚三日，吉。
上九：巽在牀下，喪其資斧，貞凶。
彖曰：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。
象曰：隨風，巽；君子以申命行事。
進退，志疑也。利武人之貞，志治也。
紛若之吉，得中也。
頻巽之吝，志窮也。
田獲三品，有功也。
九五之吉，位正中也。
巽在牀下，上窮也。喪其資斧，正乎凶也。
Musean translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from the classical Chinese, passage for passage, covering all 64 hexagrams with their judgments, line statements and attached commentaries, and the remaining Wings (the Great Commentary, the Discussion of the Trigrams, the Sequence and the Contrasts of the Hexagrams), 1,204 passages in all.
Xun (The Gentle Wind): Success in small things. It is favorable to have somewhere to go; favorable to see the great person.
Six at the beginning: Advancing and retreating. Steadfastness is favorable for a warrior.
Nine in the second place: Bowing beneath the bed. Historians and shamans are employed in profusion. Good fortune and no blame.
Nine in the third place: Repeatedly yielding. Humiliation.
Six in the fourth place: Regret vanishes. Hunting brings three kinds of game.
Nine in the fifth place: Steadfastness brings good fortune; regret vanishes. Nothing is unfavorable. No beginning, but there is an end. Three days before the geng day and three days after: good fortune.
Nine at the top: Bowing beneath the bed, one loses one's goods and ax. Steadfastness brings misfortune.
The Judgment Commentary says: Wind following wind extends the mandate. Firmness gently enters the central, upright place, and the will advances. All the yielding obeys the firm. Hence success in small things; favorable to go somewhere and to see the great person.
The Image Commentary says: Wind following wind: Xun. Thus the noble person extends commands and carries out affairs.
Advancing and retreating: the will is uncertain. Steadfastness favors a warrior: his will is disciplined.
The good fortune of their profusion comes from attaining the center.
The humiliation of repeatedly yielding: the will has reached its limit.
Hunting and gaining three kinds of game brings achievement.
Good fortune for the fifth nine: the position is upright and central.
Bowing beneath the bed: above has reached its limit. Losing goods and ax: even uprightness brings misfortune.
Plain English translation
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from the classical Chinese, covering all 64 hexagrams with their judgments, line statements and attached commentaries, and the remaining Wings (the Great Commentary, the Discussion of the Trigrams, the Sequence and the Contrasts of the Hexagrams), 1,204 passages in all.
Xun (Gentle Penetration): Small success. It is favorable to have somewhere to go. It is favorable to see the great person.
Six at the beginning: Advancing and retreating. It is favorable for a soldier to stay the course.
Nine in the second place: Gentle penetration under the bed. Employ many record-keepers and shamans. Good fortune and no blame.
Nine in the third place: Yielding again and again brings humiliation.
Six in the fourth place: Regret disappears. The hunt captures three kinds of game.
Nine in the fifth place: Staying the course brings good fortune; regret disappears. Nothing is unfavorable. There is no good beginning, but there is an end. Three days before the Geng day and three days after it bring good fortune.
Nine at the top: Gentle penetration under the bed. He loses his possessions and his ax. Staying the course brings misfortune.
The Judgment Commentary says: Repeated gentleness sends out commands again. The firm gently enters the centered and right position, so its purpose is fulfilled. All the yielding lines follow the firm. So there is small success; it is favorable to have somewhere to go and to see the great person.
The Image Commentary says: Wind follows wind: this is Xun (Gentle Penetration). So the noble person repeats his commands and carries out his work.
Advancing and retreating show an uncertain purpose. It is favorable for a soldier to stay the course because his purpose is orderly.
The good fortune of employing many people comes from reaching the middle.
Repeatedly yielding brings humiliation because the purpose reaches an impasse.
The hunt captures three kinds of game: an achievement.
The good fortune of the nine in the fifth place comes from occupying the right central position.
Gentle penetration under the bed means reaching an impasse at the top. Losing one's possessions and ax truly brings misfortune.