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易 · #57

巽

The Gentle

Hexagram 57

Hexagram 57 The Gentle (巽)

Upper

巽Wind風

Lower

巽Wind風

Meaning · modern paraphrase

The gentle; let things complete by entering like wind.

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Related hexagrams

Opposite (錯卦)震The Arousing

Inverted (綜卦)兌The Joyous

Same upper trigram

小畜Small Taming 觀Contemplation 家人The Family 益Increase 漸Development 渙Dispersion 中孚Inner Truth

Same lower trigram

蠱Work on the Decayed 大過Great Excess 恆Duration 姤Coming to Meet 升Pushing Upward 井The Well 鼎The Cauldron

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