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The Gentle Wind Hexagram 57 of the I Ching (Yijing · 周易)
The gentle wind — penetrate by mildness
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The Judgment
The Gentle Wind — success through what is small; it furthers to have somewhere to go.
The Six Moving Lines
- Six at the beginningIn advancing and retreating, the perseverance of a warrior furthers.初六：进退，利武人之贞。
- Nine in the second placePenetration under the bed; priests and magicians are used in great number; good fortune, no blame.九二：巽在床下，用史巫纷若，吉，无咎。
- Nine in the third placeRepeated penetration; humiliation.九三：频巽，吝。
- Six in the fourth placeRemorse vanishes; during the hunt three kinds of game are caught.六四：悔亡，田获三品。
- Nine in the fifth placePerseverance brings good fortune; remorse vanishes; nothing that does not further; beginning without end; three mornings one takes a turn, and then one makes a change.九五：贞吉，悔亡，无不利。无初有终，先庚三日，后庚三日，吉。
- Nine at the topPenetration under the bed; he loses his property and his ax; perseverance brings misfortune.上九：巽在床下，丧其资斧，贞凶。