Hexagram 57: Xùn (The Gentle Wind) · Takashima Ekidan
巽为风 · 第 57 卦 · 中文版
Xun represents Wind. Xun: Small success. It is advantageous to have somewhere to...
Recorded Cases (7)
- A friend came to ask about his fortune and divined the Initial Line of Xun, which changes to Xiaochu (Initial Six: Advancing and retreating. It is advantageous to have the steadfastness of a warrior.)
- A certain gentry member arrived and asked to divine the current political and social situation, obta (Nine at the Second Line: Xun lies beneath the bed. Using scribes and shamans in profusion brings good fortune and no blame.)
- A friend came to ask for a divination on his personal fortune, obtaining the hexagram Xun changing t (Nine in the third line: Repeated submissiveness, distress.)
- In the 30th year of Meiji, divining the fortune of the House of Peers, obtaining the hexagram Xun ch (Nine in the third line: Repeated submissiveness, distress.)
- A merchant from Yokohama came and said: "I am planning an undertaking now, please divine its gains a (Six in the fourth line: Regret vanishes. The hunt yields three categories of game.)
- In the 24th year of Meiji, divining the fortune of a certain dignitary, obtaining the hexagram Xun c (Nine in the fifth line: Righteousness brings good fortune. Regret vanishes. Nothing is unfavorable. No beginning, but there is an end. Three days before the geng day, three days after the geng day, good fortune.)
- In the 24th year of Meiji, divining the order and chaos of the national destiny, obtaining the hexag (Top Nine: Submissive below the bed, losing one's axes and wealth. Righteousness leads to misfortune.)
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