Hexagram 13 Line 6: 上九
Tong Ren —同人 —Fellowship with Men
Position: Line 6 (Upper Trigram)上九 —Yang ⚊ (Solid)Register: blameless
Classical Chinese Text
上九 同人于郊。无悔。
同tóngfellowship with
人rénothers
于yúin
郊jiāoouter districts
無wúno
悔huǐto regret
Line Commentary
Fellowship in the countryside. No regret. The bond forms outside the city, in the open—not as deep as it might be, but without the entanglements of closer alliance. No regret in this limited connection.
When This Line Changes
If Line 6 changes, Hexagram 13 Tong Ren (Fellowship with Men) transforms into Hexagram 49 Ge (Revolution).
Parent Hexagram
Fellowship with Men
Tong Ren同人 (13)
Heaven (乾) over Fire (離)
Upper Trigram: ☰ Heaven | Lower Trigram: ☲ Fire