萃cui
Gathering Together
See also: Wilhelm commentary for Hexagram 45
Hexagram Statement
卦辭
聚乃通也。 假，至也。王以聚至有廟也。 聚得大人，乃得通而利正也。 全夫聚道，用大牲乃吉也。聚道不全，而用大牲，神不福也。
When there is gathering, there is free passage.
"Jia" means "to reach." The king, through gathering, reaches the ancestral temple.
When gathering obtains a great person, then there is free passage and it is beneficial and correct.
When the Way of gathering is complete, using great sacrificial animals brings good fortune. When the Way of gathering is not complete, yet one uses great sacrificial animals, the spirits will not bestow blessings.
正義曰：萃，卦名也，又萃聚也，聚集之義也。能招民聚物，使物歸而聚己，故名為萃也。亨者，通也。擁隔不通，无由得聚，聚之為事，其道必通，故云萃亨。
The Correct Meaning states: Cui is the name of the hexagram; it also means gathering and assembling, carrying the sense of collecting together. It can summon the people and gather things, causing things to return and gather around oneself, hence the name Cui. "Heng" means free passage.
If there is obstruction and no free passage, there is no way to achieve gathering. "
王假有廟者，假，至也。天下崩離，則民怨神怒，雖復享祀，與无廟同。王至大聚之時，孝德乃洽，始可謂之有廟矣，故曰王假有廟。
" When all under Heaven is in collapse and disintegration, the people are resentful and the spirits are angered; even if offerings and sacrifices are made, it is the same as having no temple. "
「利見大人，亨，利貞」者，聚而无主，不散則亂。惟有大德之人，能弘正道，乃得常通而利正，故曰「利見大人，亨，利貞」也。
"It is Beneficial to see the great person; Success; Beneficial for Correctness": When there is gathering without a leader, if things do not scatter then they fall into disorder.
Only a person of great virtue can broaden the correct Way, and then there is constant free passage and benefit in correctness. "
「用大牲，吉」者，大人為主，聚道乃全，以此而用大牲，神明降福，故曰「用大牲，吉」也。
"Using great sacrificial animals brings good fortune": When the great person is the leader, the Way of gathering is complete. With this, using great sacrificial animals causes the spirits to descend with blessings. Hence it says "using great sacrificial animals brings good fortune."
「利有攸往」者，人聚神祐，何往不利？故曰「利有攸往」也。
"It is Beneficial to have somewhere to go": When people are gathered and the spirits grant their protection, where could one go that would not be beneficial? Hence it says "it is Beneficial to have somewhere to go."
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Source: eee-learning.com (易學網) · Edition: 武英殿十三經注疏