Following — adapting and responding in order to lead.
Success comes by following what is right and adapting to the moment. To lead well, first learn to follow and serve. Align yourself with worthy people and favorable conditions.
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Following places Lake (joyous, open) above Thunder (arousing, moving). The interplay of these two trigrams gives the hexagram its character.
The Classical Textoriginal Chinese
The Judgment · 卦辞
元亨利贞，无咎。
The Image · 大象
泽中有雷，随；君子以向晦入宴息。
The Six Lines · 爻辞
- 初九官有渝，贞吉。出门交有功。象曰：官有渝，从正吉也。出门交有功，不失也。
- 六二系小子，失丈夫。象曰：系小子，弗兼与也。
- 六三系丈夫，失小子。随有求得，利居贞。象曰：系丈夫，志舍下也。
- 九四随有获，贞凶。有孚在道，以明，何咎。象曰：随有获，其义凶也。有孚在道，明功也。
- 九五孚于嘉，吉。象曰：孚于嘉，吉；位正中也。
- 上六拘系之，乃从维之。王用亨于西山。象曰：拘系之，上穷也。
The judgment, image and line texts above are quoted from the original Zhou Yi. A modern Chinese translation of the full classic is available on the original-text page.