家人 → 家人
Hexagram 37: The Family → Hexagram 37: The Family
Changing Lines
This transformation has no changing lines. Both hexagrams are identical.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
天命赤烏，與君徼期。征伐无道，誅其君傲，居止何憂？
Heaven commands the red bird, setting the appointed time with the lord. He campaigns against the lawless, executing their arrogant ruler. Where he dwells and rests, what worry is there?
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind from fire returns to its own hearth: The Family transforms into itself. Heaven sends the Red Crow as an omen, granting the ruler a fixed appointment. He marches to punish the lawless and executes the arrogant tyrant — then settles peacefully with nothing to fear. The Red Crow (赤烏) is a celebrated portent associated with King Wu of Zhou's conquest of Shang: according to tradition, a fiery bird descended upon the king's tent as confirmation of heaven's mandate. The verse recapitulates the founding myth of proper governance: divine sanction, righteous conquest, and domestic peace. When The Family returns to itself, the message is that true household order rests on mandate from above, executed with justice, and culminating in the simple security of home.
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