Line 06
Top Six
Sighing and weeping, tears and sniffling. No blame.
Corresponds to line 3
Commentary
Sighing, weeping, tears and sniffling mean not being at ease above.
45
萃
Cuì
Hexagram 45: Gathering Together
彖 · Tuan
Judgment
Success. The king comes to the temple. Favorable to see a person of stature. Success. Favorable to persevere. Using great sacrificial animals brings Good fortune. Favorable to have somewhere to go.
Judgment Commentary · 彖傳
Gathering means assembling. It is compliant and joyful, with firmness in the center and response to it; therefore there is gathering. The king comes to the temple: this fulfills filial offering. Favorable to see a person of stature, and success, means gathering through correctness. Using great sacrificial animals brings Good fortune. Favorable to have somewhere to go means following Heaven's mandate. By observing what gathers, one can see the true tendencies of Heaven and Earth and the ten thousand things.
象 · Xiang
Image
Marsh rises above the earth: Gathering. The Noble One sets weapons in order and guards against the unforeseen.
六爻 · Six Lines
Lines
Line 05
Nine in the Fifth
Gathering has position. No blame. If trust is lacking, then Prime and long perseverance bring regret to an end.
Central Corresponds to line 2
Commentary
Gathering has position means the will is not yet bright.
Line 04
Nine in the Fourth
Great Good fortune. No blame.
Corresponds to line 1
Commentary
Great Good fortune and No blame despite the place not being appropriate.
Line 03
Six in the Third
Gathering with sighing. Nothing is favorable. Going on brings No blame. There is slight distress.
Corresponds to line 6
Commentary
Going on brings No blame because above is compliant.
Line 02
Six in the Second
Being drawn along brings Good fortune. No blame. If there is trust, it is favorable to use the simple offering.
Central Corresponds to line 5
Commentary
Being drawn along with Good fortune and No blame means the center has not yet changed.
Line 01
Initial Six
There is trust, but not to the end. Then there is disorder, then gathering. If one cries out, one clasp of the hand turns it to laughter. Do not worry. Going on brings No blame.
Corresponds to line 4
Commentary
Then disorder, then gathering means the will is in disorder.
卦象 · Guà Xiàng
Trigrams
Ruling trigram
Tui
