Hexagram 58: Duì (The Joyous Lake) · Takashima Ekidan

兑为泽 · 第 58 卦 · 中文版

Dui represents Lake, Dui: Success, favorable to remain steadfast/righteous.

Recorded Cases (7)

A friend came to ask whether a planned undertaking would succeed, and divined the Hexagram Dui chang (Initial Nine: Harmonious joy. Good fortune.)
A friend came to ask about his current fortune, and divined Hexagram Dui changing to Hexagram Sui (F (Nine in the second line: Trustworthy joy. Good fortune, regret vanishes.)
In the 28th year of Meiji (1895), divining the diplomatic relations between Japan and the United Sta (Nine in the second line: Trustworthy joy. Good fortune, regret vanishes.)
A friend inquires on behalf of an associate's fortunes in 1891 (Meiji 24) (Six in the third line: Incoming joy. Misfortune.)
Inquiring into the career prospects of a prominent dignitary (Nine in the fourth line: Deliberating on pleasure but not yet at peace; firm against affliction, there will be joy.)
A friend inquires about his personal fortunes in 1889 (Meiji 22) (Nine in the fifth line: Sincere toward peeling away; there is danger.)
Divining the retirement prospects of a high-ranking statesman in 1889 (Meiji 22) (Six at the top: Leading pleasure.)

Short reads in English: Takashima stories and Yilin poems

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