Hexagram 45, Cuì (Gathering Together): Line 6 (top)
萃卦上六 · 泽地萃 · 中文版
上六:赍咨涕洟,无咎。
The line (Legge)
The topmost SIX, divided, shows its subject sighing and weeping; but there will be no error.
Small Image commentary
'He sighs and weeps:' - he does not yet rest in his topmost position.
象曰:赍咨涕洟,未安上也。
In plain words
Sighing and weeping, tears and snot flowing: no fault. The top line is at the end of gathering, alone and without support, wanting to gather but unable; but it grieves and reflects, so there is no fault. The Small Image says it is not yet at peace at the top.
Applying it to your situation
If you feel left behind by a group and are sad, this line suggests allowing yourself the sadness and learning from it. What is this loneliness trying to tell you?
Position
A broken (yin) line in the top place, which is a yin (even) place, so it is in its proper place. Its partner is line 3; both are yin, so they do not respond.
If this line moves
With this line moving alone, Cuì changes into Hexagram 12 Pǐ (Standstill). The Jiaoshi Yilin verse for this change (Chinese): 焦氏易林·萃之否.
The hexagram
Hexagram 45 Cuì (Gathering Together). The Judgment: In (the state denoted by) Cui, the king will repair to his ancestral temple. It will be advantageous (also) to meet with the great man; and then there will be progress and success, though the advantage must come through firm correctness. The use of great victims will conduce to good fortune; and in whatever direction movement is made, it will be advantageous.
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English text: James Legge, The Yi King (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 16, 1882), public domain, as transcribed by the Chinese Text Project. Chinese: the received text. Offered for study and reflection, not as prediction. Plain-English readings and position notes by this site.