| Name | 同人 Tóng Rén, “Fellowship” |
|---|---|
| Upper trigram | ☰ 乾 Heaven: strength and initiative |
| Lower trigram | ☲ 离 Fire: clarity and attachment |
The Judgment
同人于野，亨。利涉大川，利君子贞。
Fellowship in the open. Success. Wise to cross the great water. Wise to stay true.
Build community in the open, not in a clique. Real bonds make even big moves possible.
The Image
天与火，同人；君子以类族辨物。
Heaven above, fire below — Fellowship. The wise sort things by kind and distinguish them.
Real community isn't sameness. Know who belongs in which circle, and don't blur it.
The six lines
If a line changes in your cast, read its text below. Lines are numbered from the bottom.
Line 1 · first (bottom) · Yang
同人于门，无咎。
Fellowship at the gate. No blame.
Beginning of something — meet people in the open, not the inner room. Keep it clean.
Line 2 · second · Yin
同人于宗，吝。
Fellowship in the clan. Shame.
Only hanging with people exactly like you. It's comfortable but it's small.
Line 3 · third · Yang
伏戎于莽，升其高陵，三岁不兴。
Weapons hidden in the thicket. Climbing the high hill. For three years — no rising.
Holding grudges, planning quietly against someone. You can't act on it, and the resentment ages badly.
Line 4 · fourth · Yang
乘其墉，弗克攻，吉。
Climbing the wall, unable to attack. Fortune.
Tried to force the conflict, couldn't. Backing off here is actually the lucky outcome.
Line 5 · fifth · Yang
同人，先号咷而后笑，大师克相遇。
Fellowship — first weeping and wailing, then laughter. After great armies meet, they unite.
The bond that gets there through pain hits different. Cry it out, fight it out, and what's left is real.
Line 6 · top · Yang
同人于郊，无悔。
Fellowship in the meadow. No regret.
Gathering in the open with no agenda. Quiet, low-key, no regrets — but no deep breakthrough either.
Related hexagrams
- Inverted (turned upside down): Hexagram 14, Great Possession
- Complement (every line reversed): Hexagram 7, The Army