家人

Hexagram 19: Approach → Hexagram 37: The Family

Approach
Earth / Lake
家人
The Family
Wind / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth WindThe Receptive → The Gentle
Lower TrigramLake FireThe Joyous → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

客宿臥寒,席蓐不安;行危為害,留止得歡。

The guest lodges in the cold, his mat and bedding ill at ease; to venture forth brings harm -- better to stay and find contentment.

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

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