同人 → 謙
Hexagram 13: Fellowship → Hexagram 15: Modesty
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1
初九 同人于門。无咎。
Nine at the beginning means: Fellowship with men at the gate. No blame.
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
兩足四翼，飛入家國；寧我伯子，與母相得。
Two feet, four wings, flying into our home and realm. It calms our eldest son; reunited with mother once more.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Heaven and fire form Fellowship as a creature with two feet and four wings flies into the homeland. The eldest son is at peace; mother and child are reunited in harmony. The winged figure suggests both speed and grace — arriving not as a conqueror but as a returning family member. From Fellowship to Modesty, the transformation distills communal energy into quiet domestic blessing. Mountain hidden within the earth, Modesty reduces what is excessive and fills what is lacking. Here the cosmic flight of Fellowship lands gently in the household, and the reunion of parent and child embodies modesty's deepest gift: sufficiency without display, love without ostentation.
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