Ts'ui / Gathering Together [Massing]

above: Tui The Joyous, Lake
below:K'un The Receptive, Earth

The second [six], divided, shows its subject led forward (by his correlate). There will be good fortune and freedom from error. There is entire sincerity, and in that case (even the small offerings of) the vernal sacrifice are acceptable.

Line 2 is in its proper place, and responds to the strong ruler in 5, who encourages and helps the advance of its subject. He possesses also the sincerity, proper to him in his central position; and though he were able to offer only the sacrifice of the spring, small compared to the fullness of the sacrifices in summer and autumn, it would be accepted.