58 · 兌
Hexagram 58, 兌. Original Chinese judgment: 亨，利貞。 Read the six line statements, commentaries and separately labeled editorial summaries.
Judgment
亨，利貞。
Line texts
- 初九：和兌，吉。
- 九二：孚兌，吉，悔亡。
- 六三：來兌，凶。
- 九四：商兌，未寧，介疾有喜。
- 九五：孚于剝，有厲。
- 上六：引兌。
Tuan commentary
兌，說也。剛中而柔外，說以利貞，是以順乎天，而應乎人。說以先民，民忘其勞；說以犯難，民忘其死；說之大，民勸矣哉！
Great Image commentary
麗澤，兌；君子以朋友講習。
Small Images · bottom to top
- 和兌之吉，行未疑也。
- 孚兌之吉，信志也。
- 來兌之凶，位不當也。
- 九四之喜，有慶也。
- 孚于剝，位正當也。
- 上六引兌，未光也。
Traditional source · editorial summary in Chinese
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朱熹《周易本義》
Judgment exegesis
Zhu Xi explains Dui’s joy through firm strength at the center and yielding outside. Joy appears outwardly with firmness within, allowing unhindered progress. False efforts to please especially need caution; harmonious joy must hold to correctness, not flattery.
Traditional source · editorial summary in Chinese · Line texts
- Yang at the lowest Dui position in the first line has no private ties or corresponding support. Its joy is harmonious and correct without mixed doubts, hence auspiciousness.
- Firm centered strength in the second line is trustworthy. Though yang in a yin position originally gives regret, sharing joy sincerely can be auspicious and remove regret.
- Yielding yin in the third line lacks centered correctness and governs the lower Dui. Without proper correspondence above, it turns to please two yang lines for joy; unsuitable position makes this inauspicious.
- The fourth yang line supports centered correctness in the fifth above but is close to the improper third yin below, uncertain where to find joy. Firm correctness and distance from corrupt flattery can bring joy.
- Despite firm, centered correctness at honored rank, the fifth line is close to the top yin line skilled at false pleasing. Readily trusting improper flattery capable of eroding yang creates danger.
- Yin at the extreme of Dui’s joy in the top line tries to draw the two yang lines below into shared pleasing. Their following is not guaranteed, and the result is not clear.
Plain-language reading
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Judgment introduction
Dui joins two lakes and expresses joy and mutual nourishment. Inward firm correctness and outward harmony bring people close. Joy that leaves the proper way degenerates into pleasing others for their favor.
Plain-language reading · Line texts
- Without attachment to a private faction, share joy with others peacefully and openly; this is auspicious.
- Joy grounded in inner trustworthiness does not seek agreement through flattery, allowing former regret to disappear.
- Actively seeking to please outwardly while neither centered nor correct abandons principle in joy, and is therefore inauspicious.
- Repeatedly weigh uprightness against pleasing others. Discern and abandon improper associations for genuine joy to arise.
- Despite firm, centered virtue, trusting an improper flatterer nearby can erode uprightness and make the situation dangerous.
- Drawing others through pleasing them creates influence from oneself, but the result still depends on the choices they make.