易經 · I Ching · #13
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Tong Ren · Concording People · Fellowship
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Fellowship — one of the sixty-four archetypal situations in the Book of Changes.
The Judgment
Gathering people openly around a common cause brings success. Avoid cliques and private agendas.
The Image
Fire rises under heaven, so the wise person groups people and notes their differences with care.
How to use it
Seek common ground in the open. Cooperation works when the goal is shared.
Structure
Six lines: 乾 Heaven (Qian) above and 離 Fire (Li) below. Lines are read from the bottom up.
Related hexagrams
- ䷆ 7. Legions · The Army — Opposite: every line reversed
- ䷍ 14. Great Possessing · Great Abundance — Reversed: the same lines turned upside down
- ䷫ 44. Coupling · Coming to Meet — Inner (nuclear): the hidden structure formed by lines 2 to 5
Each BaZi pillar maps to a hexagram through its stem and branch. Coin casting uses a different method — both are valid paths into the Book of Changes. The I Ching is a traditional wisdom text. It describes the character of a moment, not a fixed outcome.