Hexagram 58 · line 3
The Joyous (Lake)
兌Duì
Coming to seek joy. Misfortune.
Line statement
六三
來兌，凶。
Coming to seek joy. Misfortune.
In the traditional reading, Line 3 seeks joy by approaching others and receives a verdict of misfortune. Changing it makes Heaven below Lake, Hexagram 43. A decisive declaration provides a contrast to the search for pleasure or approval.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- inner · boundary
Line 3 is the boundary 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 6: same polarity
Its counterpart is Line 6; the two share a polarity, so this structural correspondence is not responsive.
One line changes