Hexagram 45
泽地萃
Gathering Together
Upper Trigram
☱
兑 (金)
Lower Trigram
☷
坤 (土)
Palace
兑 Palace
Shi / Ying Lines
Shi: Line 2 · Ying: Line 5
The 兑 trigram (金) sits above the 坤 trigram (土), forming 泽地萃. This hexagram belongs to the 兑 Palace.
Judgment (卦辞)
Gathering Together. Success. The king approaches his temple.
Image (象辞)
Over the earth, the lake: the image of Gathering Together.
Line Texts (爻辞)
Line 1
If sincere but not to the end, confusion and gathering. (有孚不终)
Line 2
Letting oneself be drawn brings good fortune. (引吉)
Line 3
Gathering together amid sighs. Nothing furthers. (萃如嗟如)
Line 4
Great good fortune. No blame. (大吉)
Line 5
In gathering together one has position. (萃有位)
Line 6
Lamenting and sighing, floods of tears. No blame. (齎咨涕洟)