Hexagram 58: 兌 (duì)
兌
duì · Legge: Tui
Lower trigram ☱ 兌 (Lake), upper trigram ☱ 兌 (Lake)
Judgment
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.
Commentary on the judgment (彖傳)
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！
The image (大象)
麗澤，兌；君子以朋友講習。
The six lines
| Line | Chinese | Legge | Changes to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 – – | 引兌。 | The topmost line, divided, shows the pleasure of its subject in leading and attracting others. | 10 |
| 5 — | 孚于剝，有厲。 | The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject trusting in one who would injure him. The situation is perilous. | 54 |
| 4 — | 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. | 60 |
| 3 – – | 來兌，凶。 | The third line, divided, shows its subject bringing round himself whatever can give pleasure. There will be evil. | 43 |
| 2 — | 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. | 17 |
| 1 — | 和兌，吉。 | The first line, undivided, shows the pleasure of (inward) harmony. There will be good fortune. | 47 |
Lines are numbered from the bottom. Each line page shows the line text with its small image commentary; each “changes to” link opens the reading for that changing line.
Related hexagrams
- Inverse (lines in reverse order): hexagram 57
- Opposite (every line changed): hexagram 52 · reading
- Nuclear (lines 2–4 and 3–5): hexagram 37
English: James Legge, The Yî King, Sacred Books of the East vol. 16 (1882) — public domain; OCR text of the 1882 printing, checked against the proofread hexagrams. Chinese: Zhou Yi from Chinese Wikisource.
Character glossary
- 亨hēngprospering, going smoothly
- 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 和héharmony, peace; calm, peaceful
- 兌duìcash, check; to exchange
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 孚fúto brood over eggs; to have confidence
- 悔huǐto regret, to repent, to show remorse
- 亡wángdeath, destruction; to lose; to perish
- 來láito arrive, to come, to return; in the fu
- 凶xiōngculprit; murder; bad, sad
- 商shāngcommerce, business, trade
- 未wèinot yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 寧níngcalm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to pref
- 介jièagent, go-between, intermediary; to intr
- 疾jísickness, illness, disease; to envy, to
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 喜xǐto love; to enjoy, to be happy; joyful,
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 剝bōto peel, to skin; to exploit
- 厲lìwhetstone; to grind, to sharpen, to whet
- 引yǐnto pull, to stretch; to draw; to attract
Data: English Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0); Chinese Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.