I Ching · Hexagram 13
Tóng Rén: Fellowship
Fire rises toward heaven: people come together around a light they can all see. Tong Ren is fellowship built on a shared aim, open rather than cliquish.
- Keywords
- Community, shared purpose, openness, alliance
- Upper trigram
- Heaven (Qian)
- Lower trigram
- Fire (Li)
- Advice
- Find common ground in the open and include people beyond your usual circle.
Changing lines
When you cast this hexagram, any changing line is turning into its opposite: yang into yin, or yin into yang. Changing them gives a second hexagram that suggests where things are heading. Hexagram meanings are a starting point for reflection, not predictions.