巽 · 逊
Judgement
小亨，利有攸往，利见大人。
Small success. It furthers one to have somewhere to go. It furthers one to see the great man.
The Image
随风，巽。君子以申命行事。
Winds follow one another: the gentle. So the superior man spreads his commands to the four quarters.
The Lines
进退，利武人之贞。
Advancing and retreating; it furthers the warrior’s steadfastness.
“进退”，志疑也；“利武人之贞”，志治也。
Advancing and retreating: the will is in doubt. The warrior’s steadfastness: the will is set.
巽在床下，用史巫纷若，吉，无咎。
Beneath the bed, using scribe and shaman in profusion; good fortune, no blame.
“纷若”之“吉”，得中也。
The good fortune of profusion: he gains the middle.
频巽，吝。
Excessive gentleness. Pitiable.
“频巽”之“吝”，志穷也。
The pity of excessive gentleness: the will is exhausted.
悔亡，田获三品。
Regret passes; the field catches three kinds of game.
“田获三品”，有功也。
The field catches three kinds: there is merit.
贞吉，悔亡，无不利。无初有终。先庚三日，后庚三日，吉。
Steadfastness is auspicious, regret passes, nothing unfurthered. No beginning, but an end. Three days before the geng day, three days after; good fortune.
九五之“吉”，位正中也。
The fifth’s good fortune: the place is central and right.
巽在床下，丧其资斧，贞凶。
Beneath the bed, he loses his goods and axe; steadfastness is ill.
“巽在床下”，上穷也；“丧其资斧”，正乎“凶”也。
Beneath the bed: above is exhausted. Losing his goods and axe: exactly ill.
Reading
风风相重，无所不入。不是弱，是达：风进得了每一处，没有一扇门挡得住。卦辞偏爱小而持续，胜过巨而骤起。