睽 → 家人
Hexagram 38: Opposition → Hexagram 37: The Family
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 5).
Line 2
九二 遇主于巷。无咎。
Nine in the second place means: One meets his lord in a narrow street. No blame.
Line 3
六三 見輿曳。其牛掣。其人天且劓。无初有終。
Six in the third place means: One sees the wagon dragged back, The oxen halted, A man's hair and nose cut off. Not a good beginning, but a good end.
Line 4
九四 睽孤。遇元夫。交孚。厲无咎。
Nine in the fourth place means: Isolated through opposition, One meets a like-minded man With whom one can associate in good faith. Despite the danger, no blame.
Line 5
六五 悔亡。厥宗噬膚。往何咎。
Six in the fifth place means: Remorse disappears. The companion bites his way through the wrappings. If one goes to him, How could it be a mistake?
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
陰陽辨舒，二姓相合。婚姻孔云，生我利福。
Yin and yang separate and extend; two surnames join together. Marriage is blessed and abundant; it brings me profit and fortune.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire above the lake, estranged elements, yet yin and yang unfold and harmonize. Two surnames join in marriage, and the union is blessed — the classical 'Kong Yun' formula evokes the Shijing's wedding odes, where the coming together of different clans generates prosperity. The verse pivots Opposition's essential tension into a generative force: it is precisely because the two are different that their union is fertile. From Opposition to The Family, wind emerges from fire as warmth within a household radiates outward through consistent speech and steady conduct. The transformation from estrangement to kinship reveals that the deepest family bonds form not despite difference but through it — two natures joined in complementary rhythm, producing blessing.
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