Gathering Together
Judgment
— I Ching · classical
亨。王假有庙，利见大人，亨，利贞。用大牲吉，利有攸往。
Gathering together. Success. The king approaches their temple. It furthers one to see the great person. This brings success. Perseverance furthers. To bring great offerings creates good fortune. It furthers one to undertake something.
Image
— Great Image
泽上于地，萃，君子以除戎器，戒不虞。
The lake rises up above the earth: the image of gathering together. Thus the superior person renews their weapons in order to meet the unforeseen.
Six Lines
— Bottom to top
Modern Readings
— Interdisciplinary
Career & Management
Industry conferences, mass talent hires, cluster building, platform commerce. Build a unified symbolic core and an attractive distribution rule; prevent mere mob revelry.
Psychology & Cognition
Concentrate scattered energy and capital; focus is a discipline. Raise your credit rating within your core circles.
Decision Guidance
Renew weapons in preparation for the unforeseen. With supreme, enduring steadfastness (yuan yong zhen), dissolve doubt and quiet rumors.
Western Parallels
— Cross-cultural
Steve Jobs on focus as the discipline of saying no; Cal Newport's deep work as gathered attention; Schelling points (coordination via shared focal points); the Roman 'concentration of forces' military doctrine; the corporate strategy classic 'good strategy is choosing what not to do' (Richard Rumelt).
· English renderings and modern readings are original editorial writing, cross-checked against public-domain and classical commentary lineages.
· Hexagram Cast does not predict, score, schedule, ward, or recommend rituals.
· Modern inputs are reproducible; traditional casts can be audited line by line from the stored coin/yarrow trace.