Hexagram 58 of 64 · King Wen order
兌The Joyous, Lake
Duì · ䷹ · above: Lake ☱ 兌 Duì · below: Lake ☱ 兌 Duì
Shared happiness and open communication; the joy that comes from inner strength and outward gentleness.A one-line gloss written for this site (AI-assisted). Everything below it is the classical text.
The Judgment 卦辭
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.
James Legge, The Yî King (1882), the Text. Words in (parentheses) are Legge's own additions.
Commentary on the Judgment 彖傳 (Tuan, the first Wing)
1. Tui has the meaning of pleased satisfaction.
2. (We have) the strong (lines) in the centre, and the weak (lines) on the outer edge (of the two trigrams), (indicating that) in pleasure what is most advantageous is the maintenance of firm correctness. Through this there will be found an accordance with (the will of) heaven, and a correspondence with (the feelings of) men. When (such) pleasure goes before the people, (and leads them on), they forget their toils; when it animates them in encountering difficulties, they forget (the risk of) death. How great is (the power of) this pleased satisfaction, stimulating in such a way the people!
The Image 象
麗澤，兌；君子以朋友講習。
(Two symbols representing) the waters of a marsh, one over the other, form Tui. The superior man, in accordance with this, (encourages) the conversation of friends and (the stimulus of) their (common) practice.
Legge's Great Image (Appendix II). The Chinese above also carries the Small Images of the six lines.
The six lines 爻辭
Read from the bottom (line 1) to the top (line 6). Each line: the Chinese, Legge's translation, and the Small Image commentary on it.
Line 1 初九
The first line from the bottom, yang (solid, nine)
和兌，吉。
The first NINE, undivided, shows the pleasure of (inward) harmony. There will be good fortune.
Small Image: 'The good fortune attached to the pleasure of (inward) harmony' arises from there being nothing in the conduct (of the subject of the line) to awaken doubt.
If this line changes, it becomes Hexagram 47, Oppression.
Line 2 九二
The second line from the bottom, yang (solid, nine)
孚兌，吉，悔亡。
The second NINE, undivided, shows the pleasure arising from (inward) sincerity. There will be good fortune. Occasion for repentance will disappear.
Small Image: 'The good fortune attached to the pleasure arising from (inward sincerity)' is due to the confidence felt in the object (of the subject of the line).
If this line changes, it becomes Hexagram 17, Following.
Line 3 六三
The third line from the bottom, yin (broken, six)
來兌，凶。
The third SIX, divided, shows its subject bringing round himself whatever can give pleasure. There will be evil.
Small Image: 'The evil predicated of one's bringing around himself whatever can give pleasure' is shown by the inappropriateness of the place (of the line).
If this line changes, it becomes Hexagram 43, Break-through.
Line 4 九四
The fourth line from the bottom, yang (solid, nine)
商兌，未寧，介疾有喜。
The fourth NINE, 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.
Small Image: 'The joy in connexion with (the subject of) the fourth NINE, (undivided): is due to the happiness (which he will produce).
If this line changes, it becomes Hexagram 60, Limitation.
Line 5 九五
The fifth line from the bottom, yang (solid, nine)
孚于剝，有厲。
The fifth NINE, undivided, shows its subject trusting in one who would injure him. The situation is perilous.
Small Image: 'He trusts in one who would injure him:'—his place is that which is correct and appropriate.
If this line changes, it becomes Hexagram 54, The Marrying Maiden.
Line 6 上六
The sixth line from the bottom, yin (broken, six)
引兌。
The topmost SIX, divided, shows the pleasure of its subject in leading and attracting others.
Small Image: 'The topmost SIX, (divided), shows the pleasure (of its subject) in leading and attracting others:'—his (virtue) is not yet brilliant.
If this line changes, it becomes Hexagram 10, Treading.
Related hexagrams
lines 2-4 below, 3-5 aboveOpposite 錯卦52. Keeping Still, Mountain 艮
every line changedInverse 綜卦57. The Gentle 巽
turned upside down
A hexagram is a mirror, not a command: read it to reflect, never to obey. Sources: James Legge (tr.), The Yî King, Sacred Books of the East vol. XVI (Oxford, 1882; 2nd ed. 1899), public domain; the Chinese text from Project Gutenberg ebook #25501 (易經), public domain. The trigram facts and the related hexagrams are computed from the line pattern. The gloss, selection and arrangement are CC-BY-SA-4.0 (PlayfulProcess). Data: github.com/PlayfulProcess/recursive-iching.