Hexagram 8 · line 2
Holding Together
比Bì
Joining from within. Constancy is favorable.
Line statement
六二
比之自內，貞吉。
Joining from within. Constancy is favorable.
Joining from within occupies the centered second line; if it turns firm, the lower trigram becomes water and the doubled-water figure is Hexagram 29.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- inner · center
Line 2 is the center of the inner trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yin in an even place: aligned
Its yin polarity matches the traditional even-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 5: responsive
Its counterpart is Line 5; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.
One line changes