Hexagram 45 · Cui · Gathering Together

King Wen, Duke of Zhou, Confucius · Western Zhou (c.1000 BCE)

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Gathering Together: success. The king approaches his temple. Favorable to see the great man. Success through perseverance. Great sacrifice: good fortune. Favorable to go. 1. Sincerity not maintained — confusion, then gathering. A cry, a grasp — then laughter. No worry: go. 2. Guided: good fortune, no blame. Sincerity — a small offering suffices. 3. Gathering amid sighs. Nothing furthers. Going: no blame, slight humiliation. 4. Great good fortune, no blame. 5. Gathering in position. No blame. Not yet sincere — persevere: remorse disappears. 6. Lamenting, sighing, weeping. No blame.