家人

Hexagram 17: Following → Hexagram 37: The Family

Following
Lake / Thunder
家人
The Family
Wind / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake WindThe Joyous → The Gentle
Lower TrigramThunder FireThe Arousing → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

水父海母,先來鳴呴;澤皋之土,從高而處。

Water for father, sea for mother -- first they call in unison; at the marsh and the wetland, following the heights to make their dwelling.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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