家人

Hexagram 37: The Family → Hexagram 41: Decrease

家人
The Family
Wind / Fire
Decrease
Mountain / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind MountainThe Gentle → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramFire LakeThe Clinging → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

剛柔相呼,二姓為家。霜降既同,惠我以仁。

Hard and soft call to each other; two surnames form one family. The frost has fallen and they are joined; grace and benevolence are bestowed upon us.

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

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