64 Hexagrams
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Gathering Together
Hexagram 45
Upper Trigram
☱ Lake
Lower Trigram
☷ Earth
The Judgment
Gathering Together. Success. The king approaches his temple. It furthers to see the great man.
The Image
Over the earth, the lake. Thus the superior man renews his weapons in order to meet the unforeseen.
The Lines
Line 1
If you are sincere, but not to the end, there will sometimes be confusion, sometimes gathering together.
Line 2
Letting oneself be drawn brings good fortune and remains blameless.
Line 3
Gathering together amid sighs. Nothing that would further.
Line 4
Great good fortune. No blame.
Line 5
If in gathering together one has position, this brings no blame.
Line 6
Lamenting and sighing, floods of tears. No blame.