Hexagram 45 · line 1
Gathering Together
萃Cuì
Trust does not last to the end; there is disorder and gathering. If one calls out, a clasp of hands turns to laughter. Do not worry. Going brings no fault.
Line statement
初六
有孚不終，乃亂乃萃。若號，一握為笑，勿恤，往无咎。
Trust does not last to the end; there is disorder and gathering. If one calls out, a clasp of hands turns to laughter. Do not worry. Going brings no fault.
Line 1 moves between an unfinished bond, disorder, and a call for contact. Changing this yielding line makes Thunder below Lake, Hexagram 17. Following offers a comparison with the unfinished gathering and its call for contact.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- inner · base
Line 1 is the base of the inner trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yin in an odd place: not aligned
Its yin polarity does not match the traditional odd-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 4: responsive
Its counterpart is Line 4; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.
One line changes