家人 → 兌
Hexagram 37: The Family → Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake
䷤
家人
The Family
Wind / Fire
→
䷹
兌
The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind → LakeThe Gentle → The Joyous
Lower TrigramFire → LakeThe Clinging → The Joyous
Yilin Verse
何材待時，閉戶獨愁。蚯蚓冬行，解我无憂。桑蚕不得，女功弗成。
What talent awaits its time? Behind closed doors, he broods alone. An earthworm crawls in winter, releasing him from worry. Yet silkworms yield no silk; the woman's work is left undone.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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