I Chinghexagram 08, depicted ::::|: is named 比 (bi3), Grouping. Other translations: R. Wilhelm/C. Baynes, Holding Together (Union); E. Shaughnessy (Mawangdui), Alliance. Alternative meaning: I Ching (monk) The I Ching (Traditional Chinese: 易經, pinyin y jīng; Cantonese IPA: jɪk6gɪŋ1; Cantonese Jyutping: jik6ging1; alternative romanizations include I Jing, Yi Ching, Yi King) is the oldest of the Chinese classic texts. ...
Image of I Ching hexagram 08. ...
Inner (lower) trigram is ☷ (::: 坤 kun1) Field = (地) earth
Outer (upper) trigram is ☵ (:|: 坎 kan3) Gorge = (水) water
The skeletal form of hexagram 08 is described by analogy to the under-exaggerated properties of hexagram 42 - Increase, Augmentation
The trigrams can be read bottom to top as "With devotion to another/others (earth in lower) comes control (water in upper)"
The analogy of the completeness of hexagram 08 is made to the general characteristics of hexagram 36 where we cover issues of focusing on the 'internal' light and hiding it if need be when in a context that is not 'likeminded'. Hexagram 08 reflects a PASSIVE form of attraction, there is no activity from the centre that is attracting; there is no promotion as such. Hexagram 08 associates with line position 5 and so the position of the king/ruler where the court does not go to the people, the people come to the court. (The trigrams of hexagram 36 read bottom to top "with guidance, fire in lower, comes total trust in another/others" -- and so the ruler/guru etc of 08) - In the binary sequence hexagram 08 shares meaning with hexagram 20 which is also about 'attraction' but is conditional, a focus on a particular that is 'standing out' and so eliciting admiration etc., in 08 there is no need to 'stand out' etc - its attraction is unconditional; people just come - as in a capital city in modern times attracts, so the court attracts.
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