同人 → 大壯
Hexagram 13: Fellowship → Hexagram 34: Great Power
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 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 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
老目瞢眠，不知東西；君失理命，以直為傴。王珍其寶。
Old eyes dim in drowsy sleep, unable to tell east from west. The lord has lost the thread of governance; the straight he mistakes for the bent. He treasures his precious jade.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Heaven and fire form Fellowship, but perception has failed. Old eyes are dim and drowsy, unable to distinguish east from west. The lord loses his grip on governance, mistaking the straight for the crooked. Then a curious pivot: the king treasures what is precious. The verse juxtaposes blindness in office with the residual instinct to value what matters. From Fellowship to Great Power, the transformation intensifies the problem. Thunder roars above heaven in Great Power; the noble man does not act outside propriety. Power without discernment is dangerous — a lord who cannot see straight wields thunder blindly. Yet the treasured jewel hints that even in confusion, something essential may still be recognized if one's values remain uncorrupted.
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