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Hexagram 13 · Tóng Rén (天火同人)

Direct summary

Hexagram 13, Tóng Rén (天火同人), places Lí (离, Fire) below Qián (乾, Heaven).

Its nuclear, opposite, and reversed forms are Hexagrams 44, 7, and 14.

Structure reading

The lower trigram is Lí (离, Fire); the upper trigram is Qián (乾, Heaven).

Sequence context

In the received sequence, Hexagram 13 comes between Hexagrams 12 and 14.

Study prompt

Compare Hexagram 13 with its nuclear form (44), opposite form (7), and reversed form (14). Which comparison is easiest to describe from the structure alone?

Editorial references

  1. Yi structural index: King Wen number, name, trigrams, and nuclear, opposite, and reversed forms.
  2. Yi editorial method: site-authored guidance is kept separate from classical text.
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