Hexagram 58 of 64

Duì — Lake Beside Lake

兑为泽 · Legge: Tui · Lake above, Lake below

Lake beside lake: the encouragement of friends and shared practice, held to what is firm and correct.

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The Judgment

Duì. There will be progress and attainment. It will be advantageous to be firm and correct.

Legge’s 1882 translation

Tui intimates that (under its conditions) there will be progress and attainment. (But) it will be advantageous to be firm and correct.

The Image

LVIII. (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.

丽泽,兑;君子以朋友讲习。

The Six Lines

The first nine · 初九

The first line, undivided, shows the pleasure of inward harmony. There will be good fortune.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The first nine, undivided, shows the pleasure of (inward) harmony. There will be good fortune.

The second nine · 九二

The second line, undivided, shows the pleasure arising from inward sincerity. There will be good fortune. Occasion for repentance will disappear.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The second nine, undivided, shows the pleasure arising from (inward) sincerity. There will be good fortune. Occasion for repentance will disappear.

The third six · 六三

The third line, divided, shows its subject bringing round himself whatever can give pleasure. There will be evil.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The third six, divided, shows its subject bringing round himself whatever can give pleasure. There will be evil.

The fourth nine · 九四

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.

Legge’s 1882 translation

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.

The fifth nine · 九五

The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject trusting in one who would injure him. The situation is perilous.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The fifth nine, undivided, shows its subject trusting in one who would injure him. The situation is perilous.

The topmost six · 上六

The topmost line, divided, shows the pleasure of its subject in leading and attracting others.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The topmost six, divided, shows the pleasure of its subject in leading and attracting others.

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