Fellowship with men — open community united by a shared purpose.
Success comes through sincere, inclusive fellowship rather than private cliques. Unite people around a clear, common goal in the open light. Shared aims overcome the obstacles in the way.
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Fellowship with Men places Heaven (strong, creative) above Fire (clinging, light-giving). The interplay of these two trigrams gives the hexagram its character.
The Classical Textoriginal Chinese
The Judgment · 卦辞
同人于野，亨。利涉大川，利君子贞。
The Image · 大象
天与火，同人；君子以类族辨物。
The Six Lines · 爻辞
- 初九同人于门，无咎。象曰：出门同人，又谁咎也。
- 六二同人于宗，吝。象曰：同人于宗，吝道也。
- 九三伏戎于莽，升其高陵，三岁不兴。象曰：伏戎于莽，敌刚也。三岁不兴，安行也。
- 九四乘其墉，弗克攻，吉。象曰：乘其墉，义弗克也，其吉，则困而反则也。
- 九五同人，先号啕而后笑。大师克相遇。象曰：同人之先，以中直也。大师相遇，言相克也。
- 上九同人于郊，无悔。象曰：同人于郊，志未得也。
The judgment, image and line texts above are quoted from the original Zhou Yi. A modern Chinese translation of the full classic is available on the original-text page.