同人

Hexagram 49: Revolution → Hexagram 13: Fellowship

Revolution
Lake / Fire
同人
Fellowship
Heaven / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 6).

Line 6

上六 君子豹變。小人革面。征凶。居貞吉。

jūnthe noble
young one
bàopanther
biàntransformation
xiǎothe lesser
rénpeople
merely change
miànleather masks
zhēngto expedite
xiōngis ill-omened
to practice
zhēnpersistence
is promising

Six at the top means: The superior man changes like a panther. The inferior man molts in the face. Starting brings misfortune. To remain persevering brings good fortune.

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake HeavenThe Joyous → The Creative
Lower TrigramFire Fire

Yilin Verse

疾貧望幸,使伯行販。開牢擇羊,多得大䍧。

Sick with poverty, hoping for fortune; sending Bo to trade abroad. Opening the pen to choose a sheep, he finds many a fine large ram.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

Commentary

Fire within the lake meets heaven and fire together — Fellowship, where like recognizes like. Pressed by poverty and hoping for luck, one sends an elder to trade. Opening the pen to select sheep, many fine rams are obtained. Revolution creates opportunity for those bold enough to seize it, and Fellowship ensures that the venture succeeds through proper social channels. The merchant dispatched is no random agent but a respected senior whose standing opens doors. From Revolution to Fellowship, the transformation shows that after upheaval, prosperity returns through communal exchange: opening the fold, picking the best, and finding abundance where scarcity once reigned.

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