The joyous — open, shared gladness, like a still bright lake.
Genuine joy, especially when shared, encourages others and opens the way. Let cheer be sincere and inward rather than mere flattery. True gladness strengthens people for hard work.
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The Joyous (Lake) places Lake (joyous, open) above Lake (joyous, open). The interplay of these two trigrams gives the hexagram its character.
The Classical Textoriginal Chinese
The Judgment · 卦辞
亨，利贞。
The Image · 大象
丽泽，兑；君子以朋友讲习。
The Six Lines · 爻辞
- 初九和兑，吉。象曰：和兑之吉，行未疑也。
- 九二孚兑，吉，悔亡。象曰：孚兑之吉，信志也。
- 六三来兑，凶。象曰：来兑之凶，位不当也。
- 九四商兑，未宁，介疾有喜。象曰：九四之喜，有庆也。
- 九五孚于剥，有厉。象曰：孚于剥，位正当也。
- 上六引兑。象曰：上六引兑，未光也。
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.