Dui, nine in the second placeHexagram 58, line 2 · Dui (Joy) · changing to 17
The line
In plain wordsMaking people glad through sincerity. Good fortune; regret vanishes.
The Image commentary on this line
孚兌之吉，信志也。
The good fortune of "sincere joy": the purpose is trusted.
The small Image commentary is the earliest explanation of the line texts. It usually explains a line from its position: where it stands, whether it holds the center, and which line answers it.
Verdict
吉Favorable. This text describes a good outcome. Act the way it says and the matter can succeed. The promise has a condition: keep to the right course.
How to read good fortune, misfortune, regret, humiliation and no blame →
Asking about work, love or money
- Work
- At work, make people glad through sincerity, not flattery: praise what truly deserves praise, and offer criticism out of goodwill. People trust you, and you have nothing to regret.
- Love
- Make the other person happy not by coaxing but by being sincere: your care is real, and they can feel it. With a clear, open heart, the unease you felt before will fade away.
- Money
- In business and in working out a deal, satisfy the other side with sincerity: honest prices, no padding in what you say, and every promise kept. Money earned this way lets you rest easy and leaves nothing to regret.
This is how to read it when this is the only changing line. With several changing lines, first see which text governs; for the hexagram as a whole, see Dui.
Line position
A yang line in a yin place: it is not in its proper place; it holds the center of its trigram. Its partner is the fifth line, which is also yang, so there is no answer from it.
Second place: the center of the lower trigram, a place of praise. Stay centered and yielding.
When you get this line
If this is the only changing line in your cast (three backs, old yang), this line is your answer. The primary hexagram is Dui (Joy); when this line changes it becomes Sui (Following): hexagram 58 changing to 17.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Sui (Following)
Go with the times and follow the right people, and you won't go wrong.