Hexagram 8 · ䷇
Fellowship brings good fortune. Seek the great person; there is no error. Perseverance brings good fortune. Disaster arises from having no master.
True fellowship and alliance bring good fortune. Seeking friendship with people of virtue brings no error. Maintaining this fellowship brings success. Without proper leadership, disaster follows.
The water on earth flows together, seeking the great person. Fidelity and sincerity strengthen the fellowship.
The Tuan shows water spreading across the earth, flowing together from all directions. This represents the gathering of people around a worthy leader. Fidelity and sincerity among members strengthen the fellowship.
The water above the earth flows together—the image of Fellowship. The noble person, understanding this, clarifies their affiliations before making any alliance.
Water flowing together upon the earth represents fellowship and mutual support. The noble person, contemplating this image, examines their relationships carefully before committing to any group, ensuring alignments are based on virtue.
Seek fellowship with what is within. No error. Hold to the center of truth.
You seek fellowship with those of genuine character. No error comes from this. Hold fast to truth and integrity.
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Seeking fellowship within oneself maintains correctness.
Seeking fellowship within oneself maintains correctness and integrity.
The ruler unites with those in the four directions. There is no regret.
The ruler unites all people from every direction in harmonious fellowship. No regret follows from such unity.
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Ruling with the four directions shows universal fellowship.
Ruling with people from all directions shows universal fellowship achieved.
They unite with those above. They seek fellowship with those below. The fellowship is as if with brothers.
You align with those above and below, forming bonds like brothers. True fellowship transcends hierarchy.
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Those above and below unite as brothers, showing perfect harmony.
Those above and below unite as brothers, demonstrating perfect harmony in fellowship.
The ruler units with those in the four directions. There is no regret.
The true leader gathers all in fellowship—people from every direction unite in common purpose.
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The lord unites all in genuine fellowship.
The lord unites all in genuine fellowship without regret.
The king's hunts only enclosure; there is no error. The small men do not serve.
The king hunts only within proper boundaries, maintaining order. The unworthy cannot serve in such fellowship.
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The king hunts only in proper enclosures, keeping small men at distance.
The king hunts within proper enclosures, keeping the unworthy at distance.
Weeping and wailing, seeking fellowship. No error.
You weep and wail, seeking fellowship with those who understand. This sincere seeking brings no error.
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Weeping and wailing shows the pain of seeking fellowship without finding it.
Weeping and wailing expresses the genuine sorrow of seeking true fellowship.