Due to the presence of BOTH/AND states in this hexagram's trichotomous form, this hexagram can share context with hexagrams 06, 25, and 37.
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At all times, the path into hexagram 57 is that of 48 - founding, inner source. What this implies is that the change of any hexagram into 57 is forced to go through the characteristics of 48
At all times the path out of hexagram 57 is the opposite of the path in - in this case the path described by 21 - problem solving, rulings. Thus the process of hexagram 57 changing into any other hexagram has to pass through hexagram 21 to start.
Hexagram 57 finds it's roots in hexagram 05, Waiting, with the emphasis on waiting and serving developing into cultivation and influence.
As we progress towards the refined point at the top of the hexagram, so we pass through ever-improving states, the description of which is given by the order of contextual hexagrams. The final contextual state, prior to text and context becoming 'one', is described by the line 5 influence - hexagram 46, ascending, pushing upwards.
For hexagram 57, the contextual hexagrams sequence from the base line through to the top is:
At a finer level of analysis, the contextual hexagrams encapsulate the behaviour of a hexagram pair - where one is connected to the unchanging line and the other to the line when it changes.These pairs are shown below, with The layout format described here
57 (28,10) Cultivating, influencing, controlling
With cultivation comes influence.
------ (6) Influence - Overflowing : Dissolving (55) (59)
------ (5) Presence - Wasting : Maturing (54) (53)
-- -- (4) Presence - Enthusing : Small Gaining (16) (09)
------ (3) Foundation - Ruling : Founding (21) (48)
------ (2) Refurbishment - Believing : Corrupting (17) (18)
-- -- (1) Likeness - Returning : Seeding (24) (44)
Influencing changing line hexagram for:
Line 6 Hexagram : 48
5 : 18
4 : 44
3 : 59
2 : 53
1 : 09
A refinement of contractive binding.
A refinement of a contracting dynamic aspect.