家人 → 泰
Hexagram 37: The Family → Hexagram 11: Peace
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 5, 6).
Line 2
六二 无攸遂。在中饋。貞吉。
Six in the second place means: She should not follow her whims. She must attend within to the food. Perseverance brings good fortune.
Line 5
九五 王假有家。勿恤吉。
Nine in the fifth place means: As a king he approaches his family. Fear not. Good fortune.
Line 6
上九 有孚威如。終吉。
Nine at the top means: His work commands respect. In the end good fortune comes.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
仁德履洽，恩及異域。澤被殊方，福慶隱伏。作蚕不織，寒无所得。
Benevolence and virtue step in harmony; grace reaches foreign lands. Blessings spread to distant realms, yet fortune hides unseen. Silkworms are raised but no cloth woven; in the cold there is nothing to gain.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind from fire extends the family's warmth to distant lands. Benevolent virtue is practiced and grace reaches foreign realms; blessings spread to far-flung regions, and hidden fortune accumulates. Yet the verse pivots sharply: silkworms are raised but no cloth is woven, and in the cold there is nothing to wear. The image splits between generous outward radiation and domestic neglect — virtue projected abroad while the household shivers. From The Family to Peace, heaven and earth mingle their energies in perfect exchange. Peace demands reciprocal flow; when all energy flows outward without return, the promise of cosmic harmony rings hollow. Benevolence that forgets its own hearth produces the cruelest irony: a family that blesses the world but cannot clothe itself.
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