The 64 Hexagrams

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Joy in Exchange

Upper trigram: Lake · Lower trigram: Lake

Judgment

Joyful exchange remains sound when truth and boundaries survive it.

Image

Lake above Lake; from bottom to top: yang, yang, yin, yang, yang, yin.

Examine whether pleasure is shared or used to purchase approval.

Six lines and their changes

  1. 1 / 6

    Easy harmony need not be purchased through flattery.

    Move this line → Constrained Resources
  2. 2 / 6

    Trustworthy warmth does not hide problems behind a smile.

    Move this line → Choosing What to Follow
  3. 3 / 6

    Seeking pleasure entirely outside makes approval a dependence.

    Move this line → A Clear Resolution
  4. 4 / 6

    Examine competing pleasures and step away from the harmful one.

    Move this line → Useful Boundaries
  5. 5 / 6

    A pleasing bond can still erode what you need to protect.

    Move this line → An Unequal Union
  6. 6 / 6

    Distinguish freely shared joy from being drawn along by it.

    Move this line → Treading Carefully

Library links use the structural middle-four transform. Meihua casting applies its separate Heaven/Earth exception to a moving figure.

Joy in Exchange · Upper trigram / Lower trigram?

Lake / Lake. Lake above Lake; from bottom to top: yang, yang, yin, yang, yang, yin.

Joy in Exchange · Move this line?

Change exactly one line, numbered from the bottom. Each of the six links below leads to the resulting figure.

Cast with this figure

Classical source · Traditional symbols offer a perspective for reflection, not a prediction of inevitable events.