賁 → 同人
Hexagram 22: Grace → Hexagram 13: Fellowship
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 4, 5).
Line 4
六四 賁如皤如。白馬翰如。匪寇婚媾。
Six in the fourth place means: Grace or simplicity? A white horse comes as if on wings. He is not a robber, He will woo at the right time.
Line 5
六五 賁于丘園。束帛戔戔。吝。終吉。
Six in the fifth place means: Grace in the hills and gardens. The roll of silk is meager and small. Humiliation, but in the end good fortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
兩足四翼，飛入家國；寧我伯姊，與母相得。
Two feet, four wings; flying into home and country. Comforting my elder sister, who gets along well with mother.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire beneath the mountain takes flight. A creature with two feet and four wings soars into the homeland — an image drawn from the shared-wing birds of mythology, creatures that can fly only when paired. Landing home, it brings comfort to elder sister and harmony with the mother. The paired-wing bird (比翼鳥) appears throughout Chinese mythology as a symbol of inseparable partnership. Here, the doubling of wings suggests that reunion completes what was lacking. From Grace to Fellowship, fire beneath the mountain rises to fire beneath heaven. The intimate warmth of family reunion expands into the broader communion of kindred spirits. Fellowship's image — heaven and fire moving together — extends domestic harmony into the world.
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