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易 · #08

比

Holding Together

Hexagram 8

Hexagram 8 Holding Together (比)

Upper

坎Water水

Lower

坤Earth地

Meaning · modern paraphrase

Holding together; sincere union brings fortune.

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Related hexagrams

Opposite (錯卦)大有Great Possession

Inverted (綜卦)師The Army

Same upper trigram

屯Difficulty at the Beginning 需Waiting 坎The Abysmal 蹇Obstruction 井The Well 節Limitation 既濟After Completion

Same lower trigram

坤The Receptive 否Standstill 豫Enthusiasm 觀Contemplation 剝Splitting Apart 晉Progress 萃Gathering Together

The I Ching is a traditional divination classic, for reflection and reference.