K'uei / Opposition

above: Li The Clinging, Flame
below: Tui The Joyous, Lake

Khwei indicates that, (notwithstanding the condition of things which it denotes), in small matters there will still be good success.

Overall Meaning

Division and disunion, the symbol of opposition

Khwei denotes a social state in which division and mutual alienation prevail, and the hexagram teaches how in small matters this condition may be healed, and the way prepared for the cure of the whole system. The writer or writers of Appendixes I and II point out the indication in the figure of division and disunion according to their views. In Appendix VI those things appear as a necessary sequel to the regulation of the family; while it is impossible to discover any allusion to the family in the text.