13 · Fellowship (TÓNG RÉN)
Fellowship is open, upright association. A shared purpose that can reach the open field and cross a great river is more than a small circle protecting itself.
The judgment
Fellowship: fellowship in the open field. Success. Favourable to cross the great river; favourable for the noble one's steadfastness.
True fellowship leaves private enclosure and builds cooperation around open principles and a larger shared aim.
Original Chinese text
同人，同人于野，亨，利涉大川，利君子貞。
The six lines
- 初九 · Line 1 — Fellowship at the gate. No blame.
Original Chinese
同人于門，無咎。
- 六二 · Line 2 — Fellowship within the clan. Regret.
Original Chinese
同人于宗，吝。
- 九三 · Line 3 — Hide weapons in the brush; climb the high ridge. For three years, do not rise.
Original Chinese
伏戎于莽，升其高陵，三歲不興。
- 九四 · Line 4 — Mount the wall, but cannot attack. Good fortune.
Original Chinese
乘其墉，弗克攻，吉。
- 九五 · Line 5 — Fellowship: first loud cries, then laughter. Great forces overcome and meet.
Original Chinese
同人，先號啕而后笑，大師克相遇。
- 上九 · Line 6 — Fellowship in the outskirts. No regret.
Original Chinese
同人于郊，無悔。