家人

Hexagram 37: The Family → Hexagram 17: Following

家人
The Family
Wind / Fire
Following
Lake / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind LakeThe Gentle → The Joyous
Lower TrigramFire ThunderThe Clinging → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

登虛望貧,暮食无食。長子南戍,與我生分。

She climbs the empty height and gazes on poverty; at dusk there is no food to eat. The eldest son garrisons the south; from me he is parted in life.

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

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