䷬GatheringCuì

The judgment

王假有庙，利见大人，亨。利贞。用大牲吉，利有攸往

Water gathers on the plain and the low ground fills first. A crowd this size needs a center and a supply line, and without both it turns into weather.

The image

The lake rests on the earth and the water finds one level. A gathering holds when the ground under it is prepared.

The six lines

Read from the bottom up. A line that moves is read here, and read again in the hexagram it becomes.

1. 初六Line 1

   有孚不终，乃乱乃萃，若号一握为笑，勿恤，往无咎

   Sincerity was held, but not to the end; the crowd scattered and gathered again. A shout, a single grip, and the laughter returns. That fluster need not be worried over; go forward, and the road has no snag.

   Marked in the textno blame

2. 六二Line 2

   引吉，无咎，孚乃利用禴

   Being drawn along costs less than clearing the road yourself; what is offered need not be lavish, only genuine.

   Marked in the textauspiciousno blame

3. 六三Line 3

   萃如，嗟如，无攸利，往无咎，小吝

   Trying to gather only draws sighs; staying gives nothing, one step out costs a little.

   Marked in the textnothing is servedno blamenarrow going

4. 九四Line 4

   大吉，无咎

   One layer below the seat, most exposed; simply holding this layer steady matters more than contending.

   Marked in the textauspiciousno blame

5. 九五Line 5

   萃有位，无咎。匪孚，元永贞，悔亡

   Seated where people gather, some still unconvinced; only a long unchanging stance draws them back.

   Marked in the textno blameregret clears

6. 上六Line 6

   赍资涕洟，无咎

   At the parting, carrying goods and weeping; what was gathered is gathered, and the tears pass.

   Marked in the textno blame

Where each changing line leads

Flip one line and it is a different hexagram. These are the six it becomes.

• 初六→FollowingHexagram 17
• 六二→OppressionHexagram 47
• 六三→InfluenceHexagram 31
• 九四→Holding TogetherHexagram 8
• 九五→EnthusiasmHexagram 16
• 上六→StandstillHexagram 12