What this hexagram is about
Lake joined to lake — the image of joy and glad accord. To delight in one another through the upright way, to share gladness with others, to take true joy in the give-and-take of friends learning together; but the giving of joy must keep to the right, for to seek delight by flattery brings misfortune.
The Judgment 卦辞
亨，利贞。
Success. Favorable to persevere.
The Image 大象传
《象》曰：丽泽，兑；君子以朋友讲习。
Two lakes joined, joyful; so the noble person, with friends, discusses and learns.
Commentary on the Lines 小象传
和兑之吉，行未疑也。
The good fortune of harmonious joy — one's conduct gives no cause for doubt.
The Six Lines (hover over the figure above)
Nine at the top引兑。
To lure and draw others on and on into one's pleasure — bending one's will to please, sunk into flattery.
Nine in the fifth place孚于剥，有厉。
To trust lightly in the small-minded who eat away at what is right, and take joy in them — there will be danger.
Six in the fourth place商兑，未宁，介疾有喜。
Weighing back and forth whom to take joy in, the heart not yet at rest; but if one can cut clean away from the sickness of the crooked and the fawning, there will be gladness.
Nine in the third place来兑，凶。
To lower oneself and set out deliberately to court another's pleasure — fawning for favor — misfortune.
Nine in the second place孚兑，吉，悔亡。
To meet others in glad accord with a sincere heart — good fortune, and remorse fades away.
Initial Six和兑，吉。
To meet others with a calm and peaceable heart in glad accord — good fortune.