The Wanderer has someone who might receive him; hence there follows the hexagram of The Gentle, The Penetrating. The Gentle means going into."
Book III: The Commentaries
Hexagram 57: It is the hexagram of the favorable wind and homecoming.
She is able to weigh things and remains crouching or hidden. She stands for penetrating the consciousness.
"The wind that causes real change is the one that blows consistently in the same direction." Brian Walker, The I Ching or Book of Changes.
Her manner is gentle; her method is repetition. Her direction is Southeast.
High wind, cold moon, long stream through the sky,
Beyond the gate, no shadow, four sides, eight directions.
Shokaku, Chinese Chan Buddhist (c. 1330 AD)
