萃
Cuì · Gathering Together
Gathering creates power and attracts risk; prepare while you celebrate.
The judgment
萃：亨。 王假有廟，利見大人，亨，利貞。 用大牲吉，利有攸往。
Gathering together succeeds. The king comes to the temple; it helps to see a great person. Success if you stay true. A large sacrifice is lucky, and it is favorable to go somewhere.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex45.judgment.
The image
象曰：澤上於地，萃。君子以除戎器，戒不虞。
The lake above the earth: gathering. A capable person prepares weapons and guards against the unexpected.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex45.image.
Gathering creates power and attracts risk; prepare while you celebrate.
The six lines
Each line is a stage, from the bottom of the hexagram to the top. Open any line to read it in plain English.
初六 有孚不終，乃亂乃萃，若號一握為笑，勿恤，往無咎。 Sincerity that does not last brings confusion in the gathering. Cry out, and a handful turns into laughter; do not worry, going brings no blame.
Sincerity that does not last brings confusion in the gathering. Cry out, and a handful turns into laughter; do not worry, going brings no blame.
六二 引吉，無咎，孚乃利用禴。 Being drawn in is lucky, no blame. With sincerity, even a simple offering is enough.
Being drawn in is lucky, no blame. With sincerity, even a simple offering is enough.
六三 萃如，嗟如，無攸利，往無咎，小吝。 Gathering and sighing: nothing gained. Going brings no blame, only a small regret.
Gathering and sighing: nothing gained. Going brings no blame, only a small regret.
九四 大吉，無咎。 Great good fortune, no blame. The fourth line is the one that holds the gathering together.
Great good fortune, no blame. The fourth line is the one that holds the gathering together.
九五 萃有位，無咎。 匪孚，元永貞，悔亡。 Gathering with a position: no blame. If some do not trust you, stay constant and regret disappears.
Gathering with a position: no blame. If some do not trust you, stay constant and regret disappears.
上六 齎咨涕洟，無咎。 Sighing and weeping. No blame: the grief is allowed, and it keeps the gathering human.
Sighing and weeping. No blame: the grief is allowed, and it keeps the gathering human.