坤 → 家人
Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 37: The Family
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 5, 6).
Line 1
初六 履霜堅冰至。
Six at the beginning means: When there is hoarfrost underfoot, Solid ice is not far off.
Line 3
六三 含章可貞。或從王事。无成有終。
Six in the third place means: Hidden lines. One is able to remain persevering. If by chance you are in the service of a king, Seek not works, but bring to completion.
Line 5
六五 黃裳。元吉。
Six in the fifth place means: A yellow lower garment brings supreme good fortune.
Line 6
上六 龍戰于野。其血玄黃。
Six at the top means: Dragons fight in the meadow. Their blood is black and yellow.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
弟妹合居，與類相扶。願慕群醜，不離其處。
Brothers and sisters dwell together, supporting each other with their kind. Content among the humble multitude, they do not leave their place.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Earth upon earth yields to wind above fire — the Family. Brothers and sisters live together, supporting one another by kind. They admire their companions and refuse to leave their dwelling. Wind emerging from fire, the image of Jia Ren, captures the essence: warmth within the household radiates outward as gentle influence. The verse is simple and tender — siblings who cherish their shared life and find no reason to seek beyond it. The 'companions' (chou) suggests people of similar nature drawn together by affinity rather than obligation. From the Receptive to the Family, the earth's undifferentiated support crystallizes into the specific bonds of kinship. What Kun holds universally, Jia Ren arranges into the intimate order of the household, where words have substance and conduct has constancy.
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