Hexagram 45 · line 2
Gathering Together
萃Cuì
Being drawn forward is favorable and without fault. With trust, even a simple seasonal offering is fitting.
Line statement
六二
引吉无咎，孚乃利用禴。
Being drawn forward is favorable and without fault. With trust, even a simple seasonal offering is fitting.
Line 2 pairs being drawn into the gathering with trust and a modest offering. Its change replaces lower Earth with Water, forming Hexagram 47. Both figures’ second lines mention a sacrificial offering, setting the ritual within gathering and within constraint.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- inner · center
Line 2 is the center of the inner trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yin in an even place: aligned
Its yin polarity matches the traditional even-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 5: responsive
Its counterpart is Line 5; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.
One line changes