兌
Duì · The Joyous
Joy shared is joy that lasts; joy performed is joy that leaks.
The judgment
兌：亨，利貞。
The joyous. Success if you stay true: joy is only safe when it has a floor.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex58.judgment.
The image
象曰：麗澤，兌。君子以朋友講習。
Two lakes joined: the joyous. A capable person studies and discusses with friends.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex58.image.
Joy shared is joy that lasts; joy performed is joy that leaks.
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.
初九 和兌，吉。 Harmonious joy. Good fortune: the pleasure is shared, not taken.
Harmonious joy. Good fortune: the pleasure is shared, not taken.
九二 孚兌，吉，悔亡。 Sincere joy. Good fortune, regret disappears: the gladness is honest.
Sincere joy. Good fortune, regret disappears: the gladness is honest.
六三 來兌，凶。 Joy that comes to you as a bribe. Misfortune: flattery is not friendship.
Joy that comes to you as a bribe. Misfortune: flattery is not friendship.
九四 商兌，未寧，介疾有喜。 Weighing which pleasure to take, not yet at peace. If you keep the illness at a distance, there is joy.
Weighing which pleasure to take, not yet at peace. If you keep the illness at a distance, there is joy.
九五 孚於剝，有厲。 Sincerity placed in what is being stripped away. There is danger: do not trust a structure that is already falling.
Sincerity placed in what is being stripped away. There is danger: do not trust a structure that is already falling.
上六 引兌。 Joy that is dragged along. The line says nothing about fortune: a pleasure that has to be pulled is not joy.
Joy that is dragged along. The line says nothing about fortune: a pleasure that has to be pulled is not joy.