家人

Hexagram 37: The Family → Hexagram 15: Modesty

家人
The Family
Wind / Fire
Modesty
Earth / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind EarthThe Gentle → The Receptive
Lower TrigramFire MountainThe Clinging → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

尹氏伯奇,父子生離。无罪被辜,長舌為災。

Yin the minister and Boqi his son, father and child torn apart in life. Without guilt he bears the blame; a long tongue brings the disaster.

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

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