The Joyous (Duì)

Judgment

兑：亨，利贞。

Plain Meaning：The joyous: success—correctness furthers; joy grounded in the right endures.

Image (Great Commentary)

丽泽，兑；君子以朋友讲习。

Line Texts

• 初九和兑，吉。

  Harmonious joy—fortune.

• 九二孚兑，吉，悔亡。

  Sincere joy—fortune; remorse disappears.

• 六三来兑，凶。

  Joy that comes fawning—misfortune.

• 九四商兑，未宁，介疾有喜。

  Weighing joys, unquiet—firmness against the unsound brings joy.

• 九五孚于剥，有厉。

  Trusting the corrosive—danger.

• 上六引兑。

  Seductive joy without principle—an unlit path.

Symbolism

Two lakes joined: joy, exchange and mutual learning.

Life Lesson

Let joy rest on sincerity and principle; beware flattery and seduction.

Modern Application

Build communities and client ties on sincerity, not people-pleasing.

Words of Caution

Unprincipled pleasing of others ends in self-loss.