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Hexagram 45 · Cuì ䷬
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萃：王假有廟，利見大人，亨。利貞。用大牲吉，利有攸往。
初六：有孚不終，乃亂乃萃，若號一握為笑，勿恤，往无咎。
六二：引吉，无咎，孚乃利用禴。
六三：萃如，嗟如，无攸利，往无咎，小吝。
九四：大吉，无咎。
九五：萃有位，无咎。匪孚，元永貞，悔亡。
上六：齎資涕洟，无咎。
彖曰：萃，聚也；順以說，剛中而應，故聚也。王假有廟，致孝享也。利見大人亨，聚以正也。用大牲吉，利有攸往，順天命也。觀其所聚，而天地萬物之情可見矣。
象曰：澤上于地，萃；君子以除戎器，戒不虞。
乃亂乃萃，其志亂也。
引吉无咎，中未變也。
往无咎，上巽也。
大吉无咎，位不當也。
萃有位，志未光也。
齎咨涕洟，未安上也。
Musean translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from the classical Chinese, passage for passage, covering all 64 hexagrams with their judgments, line statements and attached commentaries, and the remaining Wings (the Great Commentary, the Discussion of the Trigrams, the Sequence and the Contrasts of the Hexagrams), 1,204 passages in all.
Cui (Gathering Together): the king comes to his ancestral temple. It is favorable to see the great person; success. It is favorable to be steadfast. To use great victims in sacrifice brings good fortune; it is favorable to have somewhere to go.
Six at the beginning: There is trust, but it does not hold to the end; disorder sets in where they gather. If he cries out, one clasp of the hands turns it to laughter — do not be anxious; going, there is no blame.
Six in the second place: Being drawn forward brings good fortune, no blame; his sincerity makes even the modest offering acceptable.
Six in the third place: Gathering, and sighing — nothing anywhere is of benefit; going, no blame, but a small humiliation.
Nine in the fourth place: Great good fortune, no blame.
Nine in the fifth place: In the gathering he holds his rightful place — no blame. Yet trust is not his; let there be supreme, lasting steadfastness, and regret vanishes.
Six at the top: He sighs, and the tears run down — no blame.
The Judgment Commentary says: Cui means gathering: compliance joined with joyousness, the firm holding the center and answered — therefore there is gathering. "The king comes to his ancestral temple": he brings the offering of filial devotion. "It is favorable to see the great person; success": the gathering is with correctness. "To use great victims brings good fortune; it is favorable to have somewhere to go": it accords with the decree of heaven. Look at what it gathers, and the inner nature of heaven and earth and of the ten thousand things may be seen.
The Image Commentary says: The lake rises above the earth: Cui. Thus the noble person keeps arms in repair and guards against the unexpected.
Disorder sets in where they gather: his will is in disarray.
Being drawn forward brings good fortune, no blame: the center has not changed.
Going, no blame: what is above is compliant.
Great good fortune, no blame — though the place he holds is not the right one.
In the gathering he holds his place, but his will is not yet bright.
He sighs, and the tears run down: he is not at ease in what is above.
Plain English translation
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from the classical Chinese, covering all 64 hexagrams with their judgments, line statements and attached commentaries, and the remaining Wings (the Great Commentary, the Discussion of the Trigrams, the Sequence and the Contrasts of the Hexagrams), 1,204 passages in all.
Cui (Gathering): The king comes to the ancestral temple. It is favorable to see the great person. Success. Staying the course is favorable. Using a large sacrificial animal brings good fortune. It is favorable to have somewhere to go.
Six at the beginning: Sincerity does not last to the end. Then there is confusion, then gathering. If you call out, a group laughs. Do not worry. Going forward brings no blame.
Six in the second place: Being drawn along brings good fortune and no blame. With sincerity, it is favorable to make a simple spring sacrifice.
Six in the third place: Gathering and sighing. Nothing is favorable. Going forward brings no blame, though there is some humiliation.
Nine in the fourth place: Great good fortune. No blame.
Nine in the fifth place: Gathering in one's proper position brings no blame. If there is no trust, stay steadily on the course for a long time, and regret disappears.
Six at the top: Sighing, with tears streaming down the face. No blame.
The Judgment Commentary says: Cui (Gathering) means coming together. Compliance and joy, with the firm in the middle responding, bring people together. The king comes to the ancestral temple to make an offering in filial respect. Seeing the great person brings success because the gathering is rightly ordered. Using a large sacrificial animal brings good fortune, and going somewhere is favorable, because this follows heaven's command. Look at what things gather around, and you can see the nature of heaven, earth, and all things.
The Image Commentary says: The lake rises above the earth: this is Cui (Gathering). So the noble person puts weapons in order and prepares for the unexpected.
Confusion followed by gathering means the purpose is confused.
Being drawn along brings good fortune and no blame because the middle has not changed.
Going forward brings no blame because the one above is gentle.
Great good fortune and no blame: the position is not appropriate.
Gathering in one's proper position means the purpose is not yet clear.
Sighing with streaming tears means he is not yet at ease at the top.