屯 → 家人
Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning → Hexagram 37: The Family
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 3, 6).
Line 3
六三 即鹿無虞。惟入于林中。君子幾不如舍。往吝。
Six in the third place means: Whoever hunts deer without the forester Only loses his way in the forest. The superior man understands the signs of the time And prefers to desist. To go on brings humiliation.
Line 6
上六 乘馬班如。泣血漣如。
Six at the top means: Horse and wagon part. Bloody tears flow.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
崔嵬北獄，天神貴客。溫仁正直，主布恩德。開衣不已，蒙受大福。
The lofty Northern Peak; celestial spirits, honored guests. Warm, benevolent, upright, and just; they spread grace and virtue. Bestowing robes without cease; great blessings are received.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Clouds and thunder transform into wind issuing from fire: initial chaos resolves into the warmth of family. Towering peaks of the northern sacred mountain host divine and honored guests. The deities are warm, benevolent, upright, and just, distributing grace and virtue. They open their robes without ceasing, and the recipient receives great blessing. The imagery places the scene at a cosmic threshold where heaven's emissaries descend to bestow favor upon the worthy. From Difficulty at the Beginning to The Family, the transformation is one of internalization: external storm becomes domestic warmth. Wind from fire means that inner flame radiates outward as gentle influence. The sacred guest does not conquer the household but blesses it, and the initial turmoil is transmuted into the steady glow of a well-ordered home.
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