家人 → 晉
Hexagram 37: The Family → Hexagram 35: Progress
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 5).
Line 1
初九 閑有家。悔亡。
Nine at the beginning means: Firm seclusion within the family. Remorse disappears.
Line 3
九三 家人嗃嗃。悔厲吉。婦子嘻嘻。終吝。
Nine in the third place means: When tempers flare up in the family, Too great severity brings remorse. Good fortune nonetheless. When woman and child dally and laugh It leads in the end to humiliation.
Line 4
六四 富家大吉。
Six in the fourth place means: She is the treasure of the house. Great 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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
陰霧不清，濁政亂民。孟秋季夏，水壞我居。
Dark fog will not clear; turbid governance throws the people into disorder. Late summer into early autumn; floodwater ruins our dwelling.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind from fire should bring clarity to the family's vision, but here fog and murky governance obscure everything. Yin mist refuses to clear; corrupt administration confuses the people. Then in late summer and early autumn, floodwaters destroy the home. The seasonal detail is precise — the transition from meng qiu to ji xia marks the period when summer rains can swell rivers beyond their banks. Political corruption and natural disaster converge: muddied governance produces muddied waters, and the family home is swept away. From The Family to Progress, fire rises above the earth to illuminate with clarifying brilliance. But the verse depicts the antithesis of progress — advancement blocked by opacity. Progress demands that light emerge from darkness; here the darkness thickens, and the flood completes what bad governance began.
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