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睽 38 · Kuí · Opposition
Fire over Lake — upper Lí 離 (clinging, radiant, clarifying); lower Duì 兌 (joyous, open, exchanging)
Hexagram 38, Opposition (Kuí, 睽), is Fire over Lake. Fire above, lake below: moving apart. Estrangement and misunderstanding.
The situation
Fire above, lake below: moving apart. Estrangement and misunderstanding.
The counsel
Small matters succeed. Find unity within difference; do not force agreement.
The six lines
Line 1 — The lost horse returns on its own. Meet the difficult without blame.
Line 2 — Meeting one’s lord in a narrow street. No blame.
Line 3 — The wagon dragged back, the oxen halted. A bad start, a good end.
Line 4 — Isolated, then meeting a like-minded one. Danger, no blame.
Line 5 — Remorse disappears. A companion bites through the wrappings.
Line 6 — Seeing pigs covered in mud and a cart of ghosts; then recognising a friend. Rain brings good.