Hexagram 13
同人 Tóng Rén
Fellowship with Others
乾
Qian — Creative
Heaven · Father
離
Li — Clinging
Fire · Middle Daughter
Fellowship with Others in the open. Success. It furthers one to cross the great water. The perseverance of the superior person furthers.
Heaven together with fire: the image of Fellowship with Others. Thus the superior person organizes the clans and makes distinctions between things.
Fellowship with others at the gate. No blame.
Fellowship with others in the clan. Humiliation.
They hide weapons in the thicket; they climb the high hill in front of it. For three years they do not rise.
They climb up on the wall; they cannot attack. Good fortune.
Those in fellowship first weep and lament, but afterward they laugh. After great struggles they succeed in meeting.
Fellowship with others in the meadow. No remorse.