巽为风Xùn · Proceeding Humbly
巽上 · 巽下Wind doubled
卦辞The Judgement
巽：小亨，利有攸往，利见大人。Xùn. Slightly prosperous. Favorable to have somewhere to go. Favorable to see a great person.
需要用柔和、渐进、渗透的方式去推进事情——不能用蛮力。巽居东南，五行属木——双风相随，一阵接一阵，无孔不入。东南是“齐乎巽”之位，万物在这里整齐完备——靠的是风的持续渗透。像风一样无孔不入，反复申明、潜移默化地影响。找到值得追随的人，借力而行。
You need to push things forward gently, gradually, by quiet penetration — not by force. Xùn sits in the southeast, element Wood — two winds following one after another, gust upon gust, getting into everything. The southeast is the place of “coming to completion in Xùn,” where all things are made whole — by the wind's ceaseless seeping in. Be like the wind that finds every crack: declare again and again, change things by slow soaking. Find someone worth following, and act through that connection.
大象The Image
《象》曰：随风，巽；君子以申命行事。Wind following upon wind: the image of the Gentle. The noble one, accordingly, repeats his commands and carries out his affairs.
六爻The Six Lines
初六，进退，利武人之贞。Advancing, or retreating? Favorable to have a warrior's steadfastness.
进退之间犹豫不决——巽风初爻，风刚起——这种状态对武人反而合适，需要果断的事犹豫只会坏事，这种状态对武人（果断行动者）反而合适。需要果断的事，犹豫只会坏事。
Hesitating between advance and retreat — Xùn's Wind, first line, the wind just rising — a state suited to the warrior; where decisiveness is needed, wavering only spoils it — in this state, the firmness of a warrior (a decisive doer) is right. Where decisiveness is needed, wavering only spoils things.
九二，巽在床下，用史、巫纷若吉，无咎。Yielding even beneath the bed. Priests and exorcists are employed in profusion. Good fortune. No fault.
卑微到床下也要保持谦卑——巽木居中，风最柔——用各种方式寻求帮助，低姿态求助反而吉，用各种方式（巫祝）寻求帮助。低姿态求助，反而吉、无咎。
Bowing low even to beneath the bed — Xùn's Wood centered, the wind at its softest — calling on every means for help, a low posture that brings good fortune — calling on every means (priests, shamans) for help. Lowering one's posture to ask for assistance, on the contrary, brings good fortune and no fault.
九三，频巽，吝。Repeated yielding. Humiliation.
频繁地谦让、退缩——巽风到三爻，风向乱变——会让人轻视，柔顺也要有度，会让人轻视。柔顺也要有度——一味卑微会失去尊严。
Yielding and stepping back again and again — Xùn's Wind at the third line, the direction shifting wildly — it draws contempt; gentleness too needs measure — it makes one look weak. Gentleness needs measure too — endless humility loses dignity.
六四，悔亡，田获三品。Regret vanishes. In the hunt, three kinds of game caught.
之前的悔意消散——巽风到四爻，风力稳定——田猎得三种猎物，柔顺中带着行动力，田猎得三种猎物。柔顺中带着行动力，反而能成就。
The earlier regret dissolves — Xùn's Wind at the fourth line, the wind steady — the hunt taking three kinds of game, gentleness with the power to act — the hunt brings three kinds of game. Gentleness with the strength to act, after all, brings results.
九五，贞吉，悔亡，无不利；无初有终；先庚三日，后庚三日，吉。Steadfast and upright: good fortune. Regret vanishes. Nothing is unfavorable. No beginning, there is an end. Three days before the turning, three days after. Good fortune.
守正吉——巽风居中，风最正——一切顺利，但开始可能不顺最终会好，一切顺利。但要小心——开始可能不顺，最终会好。重要的事要先做计划再执行（先三天后三天）。
Holding firm and upright — Xùn's Wind centered, the wind at its most upright — all smooth, though the start may be rough and the end good — all goes smoothly. But mind it: the beginning may be rough; in the end it goes well. Important matters need planning before and execution after (three days before, three days after).
上九，巽在床下，丧其资斧；贞凶。Yielding beneath the bed. Loses one's resources and axe. Steadfastness: misfortune.
卑微到床下、丢了资本（斧头）——巽风到极处，风散了——过度的卑微反而是凶，这种过度的卑微反而是凶。柔顺过头就成了软弱。
Hiding beneath the bed in fear, and losing one's capital (the axe) too — Xùn's Wind at its extreme, the wind scattered — this overdone humility is itself misfortune — this overdone humility is itself misfortune. Yielding pushed too far becomes weakness.