I Ching Path

Hexagram 58 · Line 1

The Joyous初六

Dui · Chu Liu

初六 · Chu Liu

The Line

Contented joy. Good fortune!

Interpretation

A quiet, wordless, inwardly collected joy, which desires nothing from outside and is content with everything, remains free of all egoistic inclinations and aversions. In this freedom lies good fortune, for it holds the calm security of the heart that is firm within itself.

Hexagram 58 Line 1: 初六 — The Joyous I Ching Line Meaning | I Ching Path