Cui · Gathering

The meaning

What the name means Cui is gathering together.

The picture A lake on the earth, water gathering in the low place, people gathering in one place.

The sense of the whole The whole hexagram is about gathering. Once many people are together there must be a centre and rules, to keep disorder away. A gathering with a reason and a purpose is one that lasts.

In plain words: what this hexagram says

Many people and many things come together. A centre matters a lot, and do not forget to prepare ahead.

The upper trigram is Lake and the lower is Earth: Lake above, Earth below. When you read it, first picture the two together as a scene, then set it against the original below. The plain words speak only of stance and do not foretell.

The judgement

亨。王假有廟，利見大人，亨，利貞。用大牲吉，利有攸往。

The image

澤上於地，萃；君子以除戎器，戒不虞。

The six lines

From the bottom up, the first line is the lowest. When you cast this hexagram and a line is changing, read the matching one. The original is classical Chinese.

1. 初六有孚不終，乃亂乃萃，若號，一握為笑，勿恤，往無咎。
2. 六二引吉，無咎，孚乃利用禴。
3. 六三萃如嗟如，無攸利，往無咎，小吝。
4. 九四大吉，無咎。
5. 九五萃有位，無咎，匪孚，元永貞，悔亡。
6. 上六齎諮涕洟，無咎。

To learn how to read a hexagram, see "How to read a hexagram"; for changing lines, see "Changing lines and the resulting hexagram".