Hexagram 57 · line 1
The Gentle (Wind)
巽Xùn
Advancing and withdrawing. The constancy of a warrior is beneficial.
Line statement
初六
進退，利武人之貞。
Advancing and withdrawing. The constancy of a warrior is beneficial.
Advance and withdrawal alternate at Line 1, which favors a warrior’s constancy. Its change makes Heaven below Wind, Hexagram 9. Firmness now fills the lower trigram, offering a structural contrast with the wavering described by the line.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- inner · base
Line 1 is the base of the inner trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yin in an odd place: not aligned
Its yin polarity does not match the traditional odd-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 4: same polarity
Its counterpart is Line 4; the two share a polarity, so this structural correspondence is not responsive.
One line changes