T'ung Jên — Fellowship with Men
T'ung Jên — Fellowship with Men
(56)
The Judgement
FELLOWSHIP WITH MEN in the open.
Success.
It furthers one to cross the great water.
The perseverance of the superior man furthers.
The Image
Heaven together with fire:
The image of FELLOWSHIP WITH MEN.
Thus the superior man organizes the clans
And makes distinctions between things.
The Lines
Six at the beginning means:
Fellowship with men at the gate.
No blame.
Six in the second place means:
Fellowship with men in the clan.
Humiliation.
Six in the third place means:
He hides weapons in the thicket;
He climbs the high hill in front of it.
For three years he does not rise up.
Six in the fourth place means:
He climbs up on his wall; he cannot attack.
Good fortune.
Six in the fifth place means:
Men bound in fellowship first weep and lament,
But afterward they laugh.
After great struggles they succeed in meeting.
Six at the top means:
Fellowship with men in the meadow.
No remorse.
(Note: the numbers in parentheses below the title of each hexagram refer to the page in the Wilhelm/Baynes 1968 Third Edition of I Ching or book of changes where additional commentary on the individual hexagram can be found.)
