I Ching · #57
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The Gentle
巽為風
gentleness
persistence
influence
The Judgment
巽，小亨，利有攸往，利見大人。
The Gentle. Success through what is small. It furthers one to have somewhere to go.
The Image
隨風，巽；君子以申命行事。
Winds following one upon the other: the image of the Gentle. Thus the superior person spreads their commands abroad.
In one line
Penetration through gentleness — yielding gets in where force cannot.
Trigrams
Lower (inner)
☴
Wind
wind · Wood
Upper (outer)
☴
Wind
wind · Wood