57 - The Gentle

Contemporary Interpretation

57 - The Gentle

Growing and more growing.
Growing

Growing
And listening
And gaining
Clarity
And more:
Growing.

Follow the Path of the Dao: A Western Approximation

The Hexagram's Inner Trigrams

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Upper Trigram: Sun, Wind (Tree)

2nd Core Character: Li, Fire

1st Core Character: Dui, Lake

Lower Trigram: Sun, Wind (Tree)

The Hexagram's Inner Trigrams in the Context of Yin and Yang

The hexagram's inner trigrams within the fields of Yin and Yang

Changes and Impulses

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The gentle (57) signifies to crouch.

The image

Winds following each other: the image of the gently penetrating. Thus the superior man spread his commandments and does his undertakings.

The judgement

The gentle. Success through what is small. It furthers one to have somewhere to go. It furthers one to see the great man. Full text of Richard Wilhelm's 1924 translation by Cary F. Baynes