T'ung Jo e'n, fellowship with men

The Image
Heaven together with fire: The image of Fellowship with Men. Thus the superior man organizes the clans And makes distinctions between things.

Nine at the bottom means:
Fellowship with men at the gate.
No blame.

() Six in the second place means:
Fellowship with men in the clan.
Humiliation.

Nine in the third place means:
He hides weapons in the thicket;
He climbs the high hill in front of it.
For three years he does not rise up.

Nine in the fourth place means:
He climbs up on his wall; he cannot attack.
Good fortune.

() Nine in the fifth place means:
Men bound in fellowship first weep and lament,
But afterward they laugh.
After great struggles they succeed in meeting.

Nine at the top means:
Fellowship with men in the meadow.
No remorse.

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