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Hexagram:
57. Gentle Penetration
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Drawn as
Energy
Duality
Trigram
Dynamic
Polarity
Upper Trigram
Wind
Eldest Daugther
Immature Yin
Lower Trigram
Wind
Eldest Daugther
Immature Yin
6
5
4
3
2
1
Yang
Yang
Yin
Yang
Yang
Yin
Masculine
Masculine
Feminine
Masculine
Masculine
Feminine
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English Name
Chinese Name
Hanzi
Pinyin
Action
Hexagram:
卦 Guà
57. Gentle Penetration
巽
xùn
Permeate
Hidden Influence:
互卦 Hu Guà (nuclear)
38. Diverging Interests
睽
kuí
Accommodate
Underlying Cause:
綜卦 Zong Guà (reverse)
51. Shock
震
zhèn
Arouse
Also known as:
The Gentle Wind
Expression:
Affirmation:
"I influence softly"
Image (Legge):
Winds following one upon the other: the image of the gently penetrating. Thus the superior man spreads his commands abroad and carries out his undertakings.
Judgement (Legge):
The Gentle. Success through what is small. It furthers one to have somewhere to go. It furthers one to see the great man.
Overall meaning:
Upright Hexagram
Rotated 90°
counter clockwise
Change - - to 0
Change — to 1
Binary Number Created:
110110
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