隨風巽，順以入
先看圖像，再讀文字。Read the image before the words.
隨風，巽
(The trigram for) wind, repeated, forms Xun.
君子以申命行事。
(After this symbol) the superior man reiterates his orders, and secures the practice of his affairs.
風相隨而至——巽之象。君子由此體會：要反復申明（命令、想法），然後才行事。
(The trigram for) wind, repeated, forms Xun. (After this symbol) the superior man reiterates his orders, and secures the practice of his affairs.
先讀經文，再讀《彖傳》如何解釋卦辭。The received text, then the Tuan commentary on it.
巽：小亨，利有攸往，利見大人。
巽卦——小亨。利於有所前往，利於拜見大人物（賢者）。風之德是漸入，不是強進。
Xun intimates that under its conditions there will be some little attainment and progress. There will be advantage in movement onward in whatever direction. It will be advantageous (also) to see the great man.
重巽以申命。剛巽乎中正而志行，柔皆順乎剛，是以小亨，利有攸往，利見大人。
重複的巽以反復申明命令。剛爻（九五）巽順於中正之位而志向得行，柔爻皆順於剛——所以小亨，利有所往，利見大人。
(The two trigrams that compose) Xun show one stooping (in humility), and (then) repeating the lesson. The strong (line) is in the central and correct place, and his will is carried out.
六條線各有一句判斷。閱讀次序初→上；卦象由下而上，看左側的卦。One statement per line, read from the first line to the top. The figure is drawn bottom-up — watch the rail.
進退，利武人之貞。
進退之間猶豫——對勇武之人有利，因其能堅守正道。
The first SIX shows its subject (now) advancing, (now) retreating. It would be advantageous for him to have the firmness of a brave soldier.
進退，志疑也。利武人之貞，志治也。
進退是因為心志疑惑。對武人有利，是因為武人志向專一。
巽在床下，用史巫紛若，吉，無咎。
順入到床下（極為謙卑）——用占卜祭祀官紛紛而為，吉，無咎。極謙能安。
The second NINE shows its subject (humbly) low, (as if he were) under a couch. He employs diviners and exorcists in a way bordering on confusion. There will be good fortune and freedom from error.
紛若之吉，得中也。
紛若之吉，是因為居中位。
頻巽，吝。
頻頻地巽（反復順從）——可惜，失了自主。
The third NINE shows its subject penetrating (only by violent efforts). There will be occasion for regret.
頻巽之吝，志窮也。
頻頻地順從之吝，是志向已盡。
悔亡，田獲三品。
悔消失——田獵得三品（祭祀、賓客、君膳）。柔在剛位但能順承九五。
The fourth SIX shows all occasion for repentance disappeared. (Its subject) takes game for its threefold use in his hunting.
田獲三品，有功也。
田獲三品，是因為有功勞。
貞吉，悔亡，無不利。無初有終。先庚三日，後庚三日，吉。
守正則吉，悔消失，無不利。開始時沒有，結束時則有。在「庚日」之前三日（丁日）謀劃，「庚日」之後三日（癸日）行事，則吉。改革之事必經此節奏。
The fifth NINE shows that with firm correctness there will be good fortune; that all occasion for repentance will disappear. Let (its subject) take three days to consider before any change, and three days to learn after; then there will be good fortune.
九五之吉，位正中也。
九五之吉，是因為位置正中。
巽在床下，喪其資斧，貞凶。
順入到床下——丟失了資產與斧頭（防身之器），守此凶。過於順入，反失自主之力。
The topmost NINE shows its subject (humbly) low, as if under a couch, and having lost the axe with which he had executed his decisions. However firm he may try to be, there will be evil.
巽在床下，上窮也。喪其資斧，正乎凶也。
巽在床下，是上位已盡。喪其資斧，正是凶之所在。
把象套到你的情境，取一個可行的下一步。Apply the image to your situation; take one practical step.
順·入·申命
Yielding · entry · repeating the message
巽卦最大的應用：「柔以入」的智慧 + 「申命」的節奏。風雖柔但能入萬物，重要的話必反復申明。但凡事過則失：上九「巽在床下，喪其資斧」是現代老好人的真實寫照。
Xun's deepest applications: gentle entry + repeated message. Wind is soft yet penetrates everything; important words must be said again and again. But over-yielding loses self — line 6's 'humble under the couch, losing the axe' is the modern people-pleaser's portrait.
上九「喪其資斧」是現代「無原則的順從」之失——為了所有人都喜歡你，丟掉了自己的判斷與決斷之力。讀此爻自警。
Line 6's 'losing the axe' — the failure mode of unprincipled accommodation. Trying to please everyone and losing your power to judge and decide.
王弼以為巽卦之德為「順以入」——風無形而能入萬物。但凡事過則失之：九二、九五得中而吉，初六、上九過則生悔生凶。讀此卦最該記住「無初有終」一句——巽事必經反復之程方能成。
Wang Bi takes the virtue of Xun to be 'entering by compliance' (shun yi ru 順以入) — wind has no form, yet it enters all things. But whatever goes too far loses itself: lines 2 and 5 attain the center and are fortunate, while lines 1 and 6 overshoot and bring regret or misfortune. The phrase most worth remembering here is 'no beginning, yet an end' (wu chu you zhong 無初有終) — the work of Xun succeeds only through a repeated course.
程子強調大象「申命行事」——巽之為德，最深的應用是「事必再申」。重要的事情要反復說，反復確認，然後才行——這是政教之根本。九五「先庚三日，後庚三日」一句是改革之節奏。
Cheng Yi stresses the Great Image's 'reiterate the command, then act' (shen ming xing shi 申命行事). The deepest application of Xun's virtue is that a matter must be stated again: important things are said repeatedly, confirmed repeatedly, and only then carried out — this is the root of government and teaching. Line 5's 'three days before geng, three days after geng' gives the rhythm of reform.
朱子直言：巽者，順入之意。卦象兩巽相重，象風層層而入。九五為主——居中得正，行改革之事須先三日丁、後三日癸，是「凡事預則立」之古訓。
Zhu Xi says plainly: Xun means compliant entry. The hexagram doubles the Xun trigram — wind entering layer upon layer. Line 5 is the ruler: central and correct, it undertakes reform with three days of ding before and three days of gui after — the old teaching that 'what is prepared for succeeds.'
巽是風。風沒有形狀，卻無孔不入，天下至柔的東西往往走得最遠。大象「隨風巽，君子以申命行事」是這卦落在做事上的第一義：要緊的事必須反復申說，說一遍就當人人明白，是帶人最常見的錯。九五「先庚三日，後庚三日」講的也是這個節奏，變動之前先醞釀，之後再叮嚀；「無初有終」，巽事開頭多半不順，走完全程纔見結果。 順也有底線。上九「巽在床下，喪其資斧」，人低到床底下去了，隨身的斧子也交了出去，柔順到失了自主，爻辭斷以貞凶。風能入物，憑的是自己一直在動；一味順從而沒了自己的斧，連風都算不上了。
Xun is wind. Wind has no shape, yet nothing keeps it out — the softest things in the world often travel farthest. The Great Image, 'winds following one another: the superior man reiterates the command and then acts,' is this hexagram's first lesson for getting things done: what matters must be said again and again. Saying it once and assuming everyone understood is the most common mistake in leading people. Line 5's 'three days before geng, three days after geng' is the same rhythm — let a change brew before it lands, then follow up after. 'No beginning, yet an end': Xun's work usually starts rough, and the result shows only at the end of the full course. Yielding has a floor. At the top line, 'crouched under the couch, losing the axe' — a man so low he is under the bed, and the axe he carried has been handed over. Compliance that costs you your autonomy is, the line rules, ominous even held firmly. Wind enters things because it never stops moving of its own accord; yield until you have no axe of your own, and you no longer even count as wind.
Wind; to yield, to enter. The trigram's three senses in one character — soft, compliant penetration.
To state again, reiterate. As in the Great Image's 申命 — repeating the command until it takes.
Frequently, over and over. In line 3: yielding so repeatedly that the will is spent.
Seventh of the ten heavenly stems; read as 更 'change' — the day a reform takes effect.
Goods and axe — one's means and one's tool of decision; figure for the foundation of standing on one's own.
The three uses of game taken in the ancient hunt: for sacrifice, for guests, and for the lord's table.
巽為八純卦之一，上下皆為巽，象風層層相隨。巽在後天八卦中守東南之位，主立夏前後，主長女，主入。
Xun is one of the eight pure hexagrams. It governs the southeast, late spring, the eldest daughter, and gentle entry.
巽（57）與震（51）為錯卦——一是柔順之入，一是剛健之動。古人讀此二卦對照，知「動」與「入」之為兩種能量。
Xun (57) and Zhen (51) are opposites — every line flipped. One is soft entry, the other vigorous motion. The ancients read the pair side by side to grasp 'moving' (dong 動) and 'entering' (ru 入) as two distinct energies.
九五此句歷代訓詁多端。傳統解為：「庚」即「更」，象徵變革之日。改革大事須在前三日（丁日）籌畫，後三日（癸日）善後。這是古代「變革節奏」的經典表達。
Line 5's phrase has drawn varied philological readings over the centuries. The traditional gloss: geng 庚 stands for geng 更, 'change' — the day of reform. A major reform must be planned in the three days before (the ding day) and settled in the three days after (the gui day). This is the classic ancient formula for the rhythm of change.
大象「申命行事」一句被後世儒家用為「政令必申明」的理論根據。風吹過萬物而萬物隨之動——但風必須一遍又一遍地吹。命令也是一樣，必須反復申說，方能行於天下。
The Great Image's 'reiterate the command, then act' became the later Confucian warrant for the principle that government orders must be proclaimed repeatedly. Wind blows over the ten thousand things and they move with it — but the wind must blow again and again. Commands are the same: only repeated statement carries them through the world.
「巽」字的本義？為何能引申為「順、入」？
What does the character 巽 (xun) originally mean, and why does it extend to 'yielding, entering'?
為何九二「巽在床下」吉，上九同樣「巽在床下」凶？
Why is line 2's 'humble under the couch' auspicious, but line 6's identical phrase ominous?
用九五「先庚三日，後庚三日」的節奏評論一個你做過的重大改變。
Use line 5's '3 days before, 3 days after' rhythm to evaluate a major change you've made.