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Hexagram 57 · Xùn (巽为风)

Direct summary

Hexagram 57, Xùn (巽为风), places Xùn (巽, Wind) below Xùn (巽, Wind).

Its nuclear, opposite, and reversed forms are Hexagrams 38, 51, and 58.

Structure reading

The lower trigram is Xùn (巽, Wind); the upper trigram is Xùn (巽, Wind).

Sequence context

In the received sequence, Hexagram 57 comes between Hexagrams 56 and 58.

Study prompt

Compare Hexagram 57 with its nuclear form (38), opposite form (51), and reversed form (58). Which comparison is easiest to describe from the structure alone?

Editorial references

  1. Yi structural index: King Wen number, name, trigrams, and nuclear, opposite, and reversed forms.
  2. Yi editorial method: site-authored guidance is kept separate from classical text.
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