同人
Tóng Rén · Fellowship
Fellowship works when it is public, not when it is a private club.
The judgment
同人：于野，亨。 利涉大川，利君子貞。
Fellowship in the open field succeeds. It is worth crossing the great water, and it helps a capable person to stay true.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex13.judgment.
The image
象曰：天與火，同人。君子以類族辨物。
Sky and fire share their light: fellowship. A capable person sorts people by kind and things by category, so the shared work is clear.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex13.image.
Fellowship works when it is public, not when it is a private club.
The six lines
Each line is a stage, from the bottom of the hexagram to the top. Open any line to read it in plain English.
初九 同人於門，無咎。 Fellowship at the gate. Open to those who come, no blame: the circle starts wide.
Fellowship at the gate. Open to those who come, no blame: the circle starts wide.
六二 同人於宗，吝。 Fellowship only within your own clan. It narrows, and it costs you.
Fellowship only within your own clan. It narrows, and it costs you.
九三 伏戎於莽，升其高陵，三歲不興。 Troops hidden in the brush, watching from a hill. Three years and nothing rises: suspicion without a move wastes the season.
Troops hidden in the brush, watching from a hill. Three years and nothing rises: suspicion without a move wastes the season.
九四 乘其墉，弗克攻，吉。 You climb the wall but do not attack. Good fortune: the restraint is the win.
You climb the wall but do not attack. Good fortune: the restraint is the win.
九五 同人，先號啕而后笑。 大師克相遇。 Fellowship: first wailing, then laughter. The great army meets at last: what was apart comes together after real grief.
Fellowship: first wailing, then laughter. The great army meets at last: what was apart comes together after real grief.
上九 同人於郊，無悔。 Fellowship in the outskirts. No regret: outside the center, but still in the open.
Fellowship in the outskirts. No regret: outside the center, but still in the open.