Hexagram 58 · Duì (兑) · Joy
- Upper trigram
- 兑 Lake
- Lower trigram
- 兑 Lake
Lake upon lake: this hexagram is about joy and open exchange. Sincere joy brings people closer, making it a good time to talk, learn, and share. Let the joy be genuine, though, and avoid people-pleasing or getting lost in surface pleasures.
Editorial summaryJudgment
兌：亨。利貞。
Tui intimates that (under its conditions) there will be progress and attainment. (But) it will be advantageous to be firm and correct.
Line 1
初九：和兌，吉。
The first line, undivided, shows the pleasure of (inward) harmony. There will be good fortune.
Line 2
九二：孚兌，吉，悔亡。
The second line, undivided, shows the pleasure arising from (inward) sincerity. There will be good fortune. Occasion for repentance will disappear.
Line 3
六三：來兌，凶。
The third line, divided, shows its subject bringing round himself whatever can give pleasure. There will be evil.
Line 4
九四：商兌，未寧，介疾有喜。
The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject deliberating about what to seek his pleasure in, and not at rest. He borders on what would be injurious, but there will be cause for joy.
Line 5
九五：孚于剝，有厲。
The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject trusting in one who would injure him. The situation is perilous.
Line 6
上六：引兌。
The topmost line, divided, shows the pleasure of its subject in leading and attracting others.
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