Exact classical source
天与火，同人。君子以类族辨物。
Yarrow editorial translation. Heaven and fire are mutually responsive: Fellowship. Thus the noble person distinguishes things by kinds and groups.
Yarrow / Source Notes / 2026-07-17
Yarrow Image-to-Action note · 2026-07-17
Classify the Problem, Not the Person
Read Hexagram 13 Tong Ren through affinity joined with clear distinction, then classify observable issues without classifying a person's worth.
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Hexagram 13 · Tong Ren · Fellowship
This page studies a supplied Xiang image. It does not claim this hexagram was cast for the modern scene.
Source image
Heaven remains above while fire rises toward it: affinity appears, yet the text still requires distinctions among kinds.
Concrete tension
A review calls people difficult instead of separating the access, process, and communication problems actually under discussion.
Visible modern action
Write every disputed observation on a separate issue card. Sort the cards by observable issue type—access gap, process gap, or communication gap—attach one piece of evidence to each, and choose a response for each type. Keep every person's name out of the category labels.
Why this action comes from this source
The source joins fellowship with 类族辨物, distinguishing things by their kinds. Issue cards preserve that distinction at the level of observable problems; evidence and category labels guide different responses without turning a temporary problem into a judgment about a person's worth.
Reflection question
Which issue needs a category, and which person needs freedom from a label?
Audience value
Informative and caring: the method separates evidence-based problem classification from judgments about human worth.
Source boundary
The Chinese quotation is checked against Yarrow's bundled Yang Tiancai and Zhang Shanwen source text. Where that OCR witness substitutes a character, the page discloses the raw reading and checks the correction against a second classical witness. The English translation, objects, tension, and action are modern Yarrow editorial work. This is not a fresh cast, prediction, or promised outcome.