Hexagram 8: Joining
Statement: Joining brings fortune. Repeating the divination by yarrow stalks brings a supreme and lasting omen without fault. Those who are not sure will join the plan. Those who are late will meet misfortune.
Top trigram: Water
Bottom trigram: Earth
Hexagram Number: 8
Hexagram Name: Joining
Line 1 comment: Have confidence. Joining is without fault. Be as full of trust as an overflowing pot. At last, another will come. Fortune.
Line 2 comment: Joining from within our own people. Pure fortune.
Line 3 comment: Joining with robbers.
Line 4 comment: Joining with those outside. Pure fortune.
Line 5 comment: Glorious joining. The king uses three beaters to flush the birds before him, but citizens need no such coercion. Fortune.
Line 6 comment: Joining without a leader: misfortune.
The image Water pooled on the earth: joining. The early kings founded the myriad nations, and kept close ties with all the leaders.
