天火同人Tóng Rén · Seeking Harmony
乾上 · 离下Heaven over Fire
卦辞The Judgement
同人：同人于野，亨，利涉大川，利君子贞。Tóng Rén. Seeking harmony with others in the open field. Prosperous and smooth. Favorable to cross great rivers. Favorable for the superior person to be steadfast and upright.
需要团结一群志同道合的人共同做事。离火居南方属火——天在上，火也往上烧，方向一致。但金被火克，天和火虽然同向，天性不同：火是热烈聚焦。“同人”不是搞小圈子——要在开阔的、公正的原则下结交，不要搞排他性的小团体。心胸大，能聚人。
You need to join with kindred spirits and act together. Lí's Fire sits in the south, element Fire — Heaven above, fire also burning upward, the same direction. Yet Metal is checked by Fire: though Heaven and fire run the same way, their natures differ — fire is the burning focus. But "harmony with others" is not the same as forming a clique — gather people on broad, fair principles, not by carving out an exclusive inner circle. A large heart gathers people.
大象The Image
《象》曰：天与火，同人；君子以类族辨物。Heaven together with fire: the image of Fellowship. The noble one, accordingly, sorts the kinds of things and tells them clearly apart.
六爻The Six Lines
初九，同人于门，无咎。Seeking harmony at the gate. No fault.
在公开场合、广阔范围内结交朋友，离火初爻，火光刚亮——在门口就照亮大家，不藏着，光明正大、不藏私心。这种交友方式不会出问题。
Meet people out in the open, on broad ground — Lí's Fire, first line, the flame just lit — right at the doorway it lights everyone, hiding nothing, straightforward, no private agenda. Friendship made this way carries no risk.
六二，同人于宗，吝。Seeking harmony with one's clan. Regret.
只在自己的小圈子里结党，排斥外人，离火居中本该普照，却只照一个角落——火只暖一家人，浪费了热量，会陷入自我封闭。打开圈子、欢迎不同的人，才有更大的格局。
Closing yourself off in a small clique and pushing out those who aren't already inside Lí's Fire is centered and should shine on all, yet lights only one corner — fire warming a single household, its heat wasted is self-imprisonment. Open the circle, welcome those who are different — only then do you get any real scope.
九三，伏戎于莽，升其高陵，三岁不兴。Hiding fighters in the bushes, climbing the high ridge. For three years, unable to act.
对志同道合的事还有戒心、还在暗中提防——离火到三爻，火势该旺却被压住——藏在草丛里的火，烧不起来，又不敢正面交锋，长时间僵在那里。这种状态对谁都没好处。
Toward people you should be at one with, you're still secretly guarded — Lí's Fire at the third line, the blaze that should be rising is held down — fire hidden in the brush, unable to catch — afraid to come out into the open, yet stuck in a long stalemate. This state helps no one.
九四，乘其墉，弗克攻，吉。Mounting the city wall but unable to attack. Good fortune.
本想强行打压不同意见的人，但意识到不可行而停手。能停下来就是好事——退一步，反而能化解冲突。
You had meant to forcefully shut down a rival voice — and then you saw it wasn't right and stopped. Being able to stop is itself good: step back one pace, and the conflict dissolves.
九五，同人，先号咷，而后笑，大师克相遇。Seeking harmony — first wailing and weeping, then laughter. The great army wins and they meet at last.
经历过痛哭流涕的分歧之后，最终走到一起、相视而笑——，但这中间要经历正面的较量。真正的同盟是在冲突后建立的。
After painful disagreements and tears, you finally meet again across the table and break into smiles — — — but the path runs through the conflict. Real alliances are built only after the fight.
上九，同人于郊，无悔。Seeking harmony in the open countryside. No regret.
在偏远的地方、与少数人结盟。虽然影响范围有限，但没有过失。承认自己只能做小范围的事，也是一种智慧。
Joining up with a few people in a far-off place — limited reach, but no fault. Admitting you can only do small-scale work is its own kind of wisdom.