Line 06
Top Nine
Fellowship with people in the outskirts. No regret.
Corresponds to line 3
Commentary
Fellowship with people in the outskirts means the will is not yet attained.
13
同人
Tóng Rén
Hexagram 13: Fellowship with Men
彖 · Tuan
Judgment
Fellowship with people in the open country. Success. Favorable to cross the great river. Favorable for the Noble One's perseverance.
Judgment Commentary · 彖傳
Tong Ren: the yielding gains its place, gains the center, and responds to Qian; this is called Tong Ren. Tong Ren says, 'Fellowship with people in the open country. Success. Favorable to cross the great river': this is the movement of Qian. Civilized and vigorous, centered, correct, and responsive: this is the Noble One's correctness. Only the Noble One can communicate the intentions of all under Heaven.
象 · Xiang
Image
Heaven together with fire: Tong Ren. The Noble One classifies clans and distinguishes things.
六爻 · Six Lines
Lines
Line 05
Nine in the Fifth
Fellowship with people: first crying and weeping, then laughing. Great armies overcome and then meet.
Central Corresponds to line 2
Commentary
The first part of fellowship with people comes from centered straightness. Great armies meeting means they have overcome.
Line 04
Nine in the Fourth
Mounting the wall, unable to attack. Good fortune.
Corresponds to line 1
Commentary
Mounted on the wall, by right one cannot attack. Its Good fortune comes because, pressed, one turns back to the norm.
Line 03
Nine in the Third
Concealing troops in the brush, climbing the high ridge ahead. For three years, no advance.
Corresponds to line 6
Commentary
Concealing troops in the brush means the enemy is formidable. For three years, no advance: how could one move?
Line 02
Six in the Second
Fellowship with people only within the clan. Regret.
Central Corresponds to line 5
Commentary
Fellowship with people within the clan is the way of regret.
Line 01
Initial Nine
Fellowship with people at the gate. No blame.
Corresponds to line 4
Commentary
Going out the gate and fellowshipping with people: who could blame?
卦象 · Guà Xiàng
Trigrams
Ruling trigram
Li
