Hexagram 8 · 比 bǐ
Alliance · line 6
上六：比之无首，凶。
In the topmost line, divided, we see one seeking union and attachment without having taken the first step (to such an end). There will be evil.
James Legge, 1882
Hexagram 8 Alliance · Judgement
比：吉。原筮，元永貞，无咎。不寧方來，後夫凶。
Pi indicates that (under the conditions which it supposes) there is good fortune. But let (the principal party intended in it) re-examine himself, (as if) by divination, whether his virtue be great, unintermitting, and firm. If it be so, there will be no error. Those who have not rest will then come to him; and with those who are (too) late in coming it will be ill.
James Legge, 1882