Gui Mei (Marrying Maiden) (雷澤歸妹)
Upper: ☳ Zhen (震) (Thunder) · Lower: ☱ Dui (兌) (Lake)
📊 Binary Architecture & The Six Lines
📜 The Judgment (卦辭 / Guaci)
Passionate impetuosity overrides sound reason. Exercise disciplined restraint in delicate unions and obligations.
🧭 The Image (大象傳 / Da Xiang) & Archetypal Conduct
Thunder over the lake: The image of The Marrying Maiden. Thus the superior man understands the transitory in the light of the eternity of the end.
📖 The Lines (爻辭 / Yaoci)
- Line 1 初九Bottom line (1st) · Yang歸妹以娣，跛能履，征吉。The marrying maiden goes as a junior concubine; a lame man able to walk; going forth brings good fortune.
- Line 2 九二2nd line · Yang眇能視，利幽人之貞。A one-eyed man able to see; beneficial for the steadfastness of a solitary person.
- Line 3 六三3rd line · Yin歸妹以須，反歸以娣。The marrying maiden waits as a servant; she returns and marries as a concubine.
- Line 4 九四4th line · Yang歸妹愆期，遲歸有時。The marrying maiden delays the time; a late marriage comes in its own time.
- Line 5 六五5th line · Yin帝乙歸妹，其君之袂，不如其娣之袂良，月幾望，吉。The emperor Yi gives his daughter in marriage; the princess's sleeves are not as fine as those of the junior bride; the moon is nearly full: good fortune.
- Line 6 上六Top line (6th) · Yin女承筐無實，士刲羊無血，無攸利。The woman holds the basket, but there are no fruits in it; the man stabs the sheep, but no blood flows; nothing is favorable.
Original line texts are transcribed from Wikisource (周易). The English renderings are literal working drafts under editorial review and may change.
✨ Practical Discernment & Life Guidance
Refrain from entering binding contracts or hasty arrangements propelled by emotional impulses.
Evaluate character and moral integrity dispassionately before committing to intimate unions.
Avoid speculative gambling and impulsive spending; safeguard capital in reliable repositories.