同人tongren
Fellowship
See also: Wilhelm commentary for Hexagram 13
Hexagram Statement
卦辭
正義曰：同人，謂和同於人。「于野，亨」者，野是廣遠之處，借其野名，喻其廣遠，言和同於人，必須寬廣，无所不同。用心无私，處非近狹，遠至于野，乃得亨通，故云「同人于野亨」。與人同心，足以涉難，故曰「利涉大川」也。與人和同，義涉邪僻，故「利君子貞」也。此「利涉大川」，假物象以明人事。
The Correct Meaning states: 'Tong Ren' means harmoniously uniting with people. 'In the wilderness, success' — the wilderness is a broad and distant place.
Borrowing the name 'wilderness' as a metaphor for breadth and distance, it means that in harmoniously uniting with people, one must be broad and expansive, leaving nothing un-unified. ' This 'it is beneficial to cross the great river' borrows the image of things to illuminate human affairs.
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Source: eee-learning.com (易學網) · Edition: 武英殿十三經注疏