Is line 2 of Assembly in its correct place?

It is in its correct place (當位): a yang line in an odd position or a yin line in an even one, which the tradition reads as a line at ease where it stands. It is central (中): the middle line of its trigram, the position the commentaries read as balanced and most favourable.

Hexagram 45, line 2

六二Line 2 of Assembly

Six in the second place · 萃 cuì

drawn forwardunchanged centresmall offering accepted

爻辭 The line text

引吉，无咎，孚乃利用禴。

The second line, divided, shows its subject led forward (by his correlate). There will be good fortune, and freedom from error. There is entire sincerity, and in that case (even the small offerings of) the vernal sacrifice are acceptable.

Its symbolism

引吉无咎，中未變也。

'He is led forward; there will be good fortune, and freedom from error:'—(the virtue proper to) his central place has not undergone any change.

In plain words

Line two is 'drawn forward — good fortune, no blame; with sincerity, even the small summer offering is fitting' (引吉，無咎，孚乃利用禴). Yin, central and correct in Kun, it corresponds to the ruler at five and does not need to push: it is pulled into the gathering by the one above. The yue (禴) was the plainest of the seasonal sacrifices; the point is that sincerity makes a modest contribution sufficient. The small Image credits the good fortune to a centre that has not changed (中未變也) — the line keeps its own character while being drawn in, rather than dissolving into the crowd.

If this line is changing

Let yourself be drawn in by the person or cause that is pulling at you, and bring what little you have with sincerity; what matters is that you arrive unchanged.

Where the line stands

A broken line, yin — written 六 (six), the number of an old yin line that moves when cast.
It is in its correct place (當位): a yang line in an odd position or a yin line in an even one, which the tradition reads as a line at ease where it stands.
It is central (中): the middle line of its trigram, the position the commentaries read as balanced and most favourable.
It belongs to the lower trigram 坤 Kun (the Receptive) (earth).
It corresponds (應) with line 5: one yin and one yang, the two lines answer each other across the hexagram.

之卦 When this line moves

萃 Assembly becomes ䷮ 47 困 Confinement

A lake with no water in it: exhaustion. Success is still possible for the great person who stays correct — words are not believed now, so prove yourself by steadiness.

What it becomes47 · 困 Confinementkùn

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What does Six in the second place of hexagram 45, Assembly, mean?: Line two is 'drawn forward — good fortune, no blame; with sincerity, even the small summer offering is fitting' (引吉，無咎，孚乃利用禴). Yin, central and correct in Kun, it corresponds to the ruler at five and does not need to push: it is pulled into the gathering by the one above. The yue (禴) was the plainest of the seasonal sacrifices; the point is that sincerity makes a modest contribution sufficient. The small Image credits the good fortune to a centre that has not changed (中未變也) — the line keeps its own character while being drawn in, rather than dissolving into the crowd.
What does hexagram 45 become when line 2 changes?: Assembly becomes hexagram 47, 困 Confinement: A lake with no water in it: exhaustion. Success is still possible for the great person who stays correct — words are not believed now, so prove yourself by steadiness.
Is line 2 of Assembly in its correct place?: It is in its correct place (當位): a yang line in an odd position or a yin line in an even one, which the tradition reads as a line at ease where it stands. It is central (中): the middle line of its trigram, the position the commentaries read as balanced and most favourable.

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Chinese text: the received Zhouyi (Wuyingdian lineage). English: James Legge, The Yî King, Sacred Books of the East XVI, 1882 (public domain).