I Ching · Hexagram 57
Xùn: The Gentle
Wind follows wind: soft but penetrating, it reaches everywhere in time. Xun is the influence of gentle, steady persistence, and of knowing where you want to go.
- Keywords
- Gentleness, persistence, influence, flexibility
- Upper trigram
- Wind (Xun)
- Lower trigram
- Wind (Xun)
- Advice
- Keep a clear aim and move toward it gently and consistently.
Changing lines
When you cast this hexagram, any changing line is turning into its opposite: yang into yin, or yin into yang. Changing them gives a second hexagram that suggests where things are heading. Hexagram meanings are a starting point for reflection, not predictions.