T'ung Jên - Fellowship with Men
13. T'ung Jên - Fellowship
with Men
above
Ch'ien The Creative, Heaven
below
Li The Clinging, Flame
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
Nine 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.
Nine 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.
Nine in the
fourth place means:
He climbs
up on his wall; he cannot attack.
Good fortune.
Nine in the
fifth place means:
Men bound
in fellowship first weep and lament,
But afterward
they laugh.
After great
struggles they succeed in meeting.
Nine at the
top means:
Fellowship
with men in the meadow.
No remorse.
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