Dui · The Joyous

The meaning

What the name means Dui is delight, joy, and also speech.

The picture Lake on lake, water mirroring water, laughter answering laughter.

The sense of the whole The whole hexagram is about warmth and conversation. Speaking well and treating people sincerely makes them glad. But do not say what is false just because you want to please.

In plain words: what this hexagram says

Happy talk, where each makes the other feel at ease. Honest gladness is best; do not buy smiles with flattery.

The upper trigram is Lake and the lower is Lake: Lake above, Lake 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，利貞。

The image

麗澤，兌；君子以朋友講習。

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. 初九和兌，吉。
2. 九二孚兌，吉，悔亡。
3. 六三來兌，兇。
4. 九四商兌未寧，介疾有喜。
5. 九五孚於剝，有厲。
6. 上六引兌。

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