Hexagram 45 · Line 5
Gathering Together — 五六
Cui · Wu Liu
The Line
If in gathering one holds the necessary position, there is no blame. If some are not yet truly part of it, sublime, lasting perseverance is needed, then remorse vanishes.
Interpretation
When people gather around one of themselves, that is, when one receives this unsought, is only good. One thereby obtains a certain influence that can be thoroughly useful. But with this is also naturally given the possibility that some gather around one who do not come from inner trust but only for the sake of the influential position. That is certainly regrettable. Toward such people there is no other means than to earn their trust through increased, unwavering faithfulness to duty and constancy. Thereby the secret mistrust is gradually overcome, and the occasion for regret falls away.