Gathering together — many drawn together around a worthy center.
People and resources collect around a clear purpose and leader. Unite them with sincerity and shared ritual, and prepare for the friction that crowds bring. Gathering rightly creates great strength.
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Gathering Together places Lake (joyous, open) above Earth (receptive, devoted). The interplay of these two trigrams gives the hexagram its character.
The Classical Textoriginal Chinese
The Judgment · 卦辞
亨。王假有庙，利见大人，亨，利贞。用大牲吉，利有攸往。
The Image · 大象
泽上于地，萃；君子以除戎器，戒不虞。
The Six Lines · 爻辞
- 初六有孚不终，乃乱乃萃，若号一握为笑，勿恤，往无咎。象曰：乃乱乃萃，其志乱也。
- 六二引吉，无咎，孚乃利用禴。象曰：引吉无咎，中未变也。
- 六三萃如，嗟如，无攸利，往无咎，小吝。象曰：往无咎，上巽也。
- 九四大吉，无咎。象曰：大吉无咎，位不当也。
- 九五萃有位，无咎。匪孚，元永贞，悔亡。象曰：萃有位，志未光也。
- 上六赍资涕洟，无咎。象曰：赍资涕洟，未安上也。
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.