Yijing CompassI Ching reading
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Hexagram 13 · King Wen sequence

Shared Purpose

同人 · tóng rén

Modern reflection

Shared purpose can unite people without erasing difference.

Lower trigram: 離 Fire
Upper trigram: 乾 Heaven

Historical source

Thung Zăn (or 'Union of men') appears here (as we find it) in the (remote districts of the) country, indicating progress and success. It will be advantageous to cross the great stream. It will be advantageous to maintain the firm correctness of the superior man.

(The trigrams for) heaven and fire form Thung Zăn. The superior man, in accordance with this, distinguishes things according to their kinds and classes.

James Legge, 1882, public domain. Historical wording is shown for source transparency, not as a guaranteed prediction.

Changing-line passages

  1. Line 1The first NINE, undivided, (shows the representative of) the union of men just issuing from his gate. There will be no error.
  2. Line 2The second SIX, divided, (shows the representative of) the union of men in relation with his kindred. There will be occasion for regret.
  3. Line 3The third NINE, undivided, (shows its subject) with his arms hidden in the thick grass, and at the top of a high mound. (But) for three years he makes no demonstration.
  4. Line 4The fourth NINE, undivided, (shows its subject) mounted on the city wall; but he does not proceed to make the attack (he contemplates). There will be good fortune.
  5. Line 5In the fifth NINE, undivided, (the representative of) the union of men first wails and cries out, and then laughs. His great host conquers, and he (and the subject of the second line) meet together.
  6. Line 6The topmost NINE, undivided, (shows the representative of) the union of men in the suburbs. There will be no occasion for repentance.

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