同人 → 泰
Hexagram 13: Fellowship → Hexagram 11: Peace
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 5, 6).
Line 2
六二 同人于宗。吝。
Six in the second place means: Fellowship with men in the clan. Humiliation.
Line 4
九四 乘其墉。弗克攻。吉。
Nine in the fourth place means: He climbs up on his wall; he cannot attack. Good fortune.
Line 5
九五 同人先號咷而後笑。大師克相遇。
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.
Line 6
上九 同人于郊。无悔。
Nine at the top means: Fellowship with men in the meadow. No remorse.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
乘雲帶雨，與飛鳥俱；動舉千里，見我慈母。
Riding clouds and bringing rain, traveling with the birds. Moving a thousand miles; one sees one's dear mother.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Heaven and fire form Fellowship, and here that communion takes flight. Riding clouds and trailing rain, soaring alongside birds, covering a thousand li in a single movement — all to reach a beloved mother. The imagery is ecstatic: not earthbound fellowship but aerial reunion, the longing traveler carried by storm and wing toward the one bond that transcends distance. From Fellowship to Peace, the transformation is seamless. Heaven and earth intermingle in Peace as the ruler channels nature's rhythms for the people's benefit. The son riding clouds to his mother enacts that cosmic embrace — heaven descending, earth rising, the two meeting in joyful union.
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