兌Pleasure (Lake)
duìAlso known as “The Joyous” (Wilhelm/Baynes) and “Tui” (Legge)
In plain words
Lake upon lake: joy. Success through correctness — inner firmness, outer gentleness; friends discussing and practising together, a joy that makes people forget their toil.
The attitude it asks for
Share joy honestly; be open but not flattering, and don't buy pleasure at the cost of principle.
Structure
卦辭 The Judgment
兌：亨，利貞。Tui intimates that (under its conditions) there will be progress and attainment. (But) it will be advantageous to be firm and correct.
兌，說也。剛中而柔外，說以利貞，是以順乎天，而應乎人。說以先民，民忘其勞；說以犯難，民忘其死；說之大，民勸矣哉！Tui has the meaning of pleased satisfaction. (We have) the strong (lines) in the centre, and the weak (lines) on the outer edge (of the two trigrams), (indicating that) in pleasure what is most advantageous is the maintenance of firm correctness. Through this there will be found an accordance with (the will of) heaven, and a correspondence with (the feelings of) men. When (such) pleasure goes before the people, (and leads them on), they forget their toils; when it animates them in encountering difficulties, they forget (the risk of) death. How great is (the power of) this pleased satisfaction, stimulating in such a way the people!
麗澤，兌；君子以朋友講習。(Two symbols representing) the waters of a marsh, one over the other, form Tui. The superior man, in accordance with this, (encourages) the conversation of friends and (the stimulus of) their (common) practice.
爻辭 The six lines
When one line moves, the hexagram becomes another:
- 上六Six at the top
引兌。
The topmost line, divided, shows the pleasure of its subject in leading and attracting others.
Its symbolism 上六引兌，未光也。
'The topmost line, divided, shows the pleasure (of its subject) in leading and attracting others:'—his (virtue) is not yet brilliant.
- 九五Nine in the fifth place
孚于剝，有厲。
The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject trusting in one who would injure him. The situation is perilous.
Its symbolism 孚于剝，位正當也。
'He trusts in one who would injure him:'—his place is that which is correct and appropriate.
- 九四Nine in the fourth place
商兌，未寧，介疾有喜。
The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject deliberating about what to seek his pleasure in, and not at rest. He borders on what would be injurious, but there will be cause for joy.
Its symbolism 九四之喜，有慶也。
'The joy in connexion with (the subject of) the fourth line, undivided,' is due to the happiness (which he will produce).
- 六三Six in the third place
來兌，凶。
The third line, divided, shows its subject bringing round himself whatever can give pleasure. There will be evil.
Its symbolism 來兌之凶，位不當也。
'The evil predicated of one's bringing around himself whatever can give pleasure' is shown by the inappropriateness of the place (of the line).
- 九二Nine in the second place
孚兌，吉，悔亡。
The second line, undivided, shows the pleasure arising from (inward) sincerity. There will be good fortune. Occasion for repentance will disappear.
Its symbolism 孚兌之吉，信志也。
'The good fortune attached to the pleasure arising from (inward sincerity)' is due to the confidence felt in the object (of the subject of the line).
- 初九Nine at the beginning
和兌，吉。
The first line, undivided, shows the pleasure of (inward) harmony. There will be good fortune.
Its symbolism 和兌之吉，行未疑也。
'The good fortune attached to the pleasure of (inward) harmony' arises from there being nothing in the conduct (of the subject of the line) to awaken doubt.
Shown in the classical Chinese with James Legge's English (1882).
Read 兌 Pleasure (Lake) for a question about
古籍
From the classics
Two of the Ten Wings speak of every hexagram: the Sequence (Xù Guà) says why it follows the one before, the Miscellany (Zá Guà) sums it up in a phrase. Here is what they say of 兌 duì · Pleasure (Lake).
入而后說之，故受之以兌；兌者說也。Having entered, one is glad; therefore Duì follows. Duì means gladness.
iching.tools translation (from the Chinese)
兌見，而巽伏也。Duì shows itself, while Xùn stays hidden.
iching.tools translation (from the Chinese)
The classical Chinese is the authoritative text. Translations are iching.tools' own from the Chinese unless another translator is named; several attributions are traditional rather than historical (託名).
Questions about this hexagram
- What does Hexagram 58, Pleasure (Lake), mean?
- Lake upon lake: joy. Success through correctness — inner firmness, outer gentleness; friends discussing and practising together, a joy that makes people forget their toil.
- Which trigrams form Pleasure (Lake)?
- 兌 above 兌 — lake over lake. Its nuclear hexagram (lines 2–5) is 家人 Household.
- What happens when a line of Pleasure (Lake) changes?
- A moving line turns the hexagram into another one; the list above shows all six. With several moving lines, the guide to changing lines explains which text to read.
- How do I get Pleasure (Lake) in a reading?
- Build six lines from the bottom up with three coins or yarrow stalks; the pattern — — - - — — - - is Pleasure (Lake). You can also cast a reading here — the lines are decided by code, the text is this page's.
Chinese text: the received Zhouyi (Wuyingdian lineage). English: James Legge, The Yî King, Sacred Books of the East XVI, 1882 (public domain).