Dui, six at the topHexagram 58, line 6 · Dui (Joy) · changing to 10
The line
In plain wordsPulling others along to have a good time with you. Whether they follow, and whether it ends well, cannot be said.
The Image commentary on this line
上六引兌，未光也。
Six at the top, "joy that draws others along": it has not yet come to light.
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
慎Proceed with care. The text gives no verdict, but the picture holds an obstacle and a warning. Slow down and watch the point it warns about.
How to read good fortune, misfortune, regret, humiliation and no blame →
Asking about work, love or money
- Work
- You want to draw colleagues to your side with treats, fun, and pleasant words, but that approach is not quite aboveboard, and the people you draw in may not really stand with you. If you want people's support, earn it with real work.
- Love
- If you use fun and a moment's pleasure to attract the other person or to keep them, no one can say how it will end. Look clearly at whether there is anything solid between you beyond the good times.
- Money
- Pulling friends along to spend money on fun, or egging everyone on to pool money for a gamble: things pulled together on a passing whim like this could go either way. Don't take the lead, and don't stake your money on it.
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 yin line in a yin place: it is in its proper place. Its partner is the third line, which is also yin, so there is no answer from it.
Top place: the end of the matter. What reaches its limit turns. Know when to stop.
When you get this line
If this is the only changing line in your cast (three inscribed sides, old yin), this line is your answer. The primary hexagram is Dui (Joy); when this line changes it becomes Lü (Treading): hexagram 58 changing to 10.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Lü (Treading)
There is risk in this, but if you walk carefully and by the rules, you can get through safely.