家人

Hexagram 39: Obstruction → Hexagram 37: The Family

Obstruction
Water / Mountain
家人
The Family
Wind / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater WindThe Deep → The Gentle
Lower TrigramMountain FireKeeping Still → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

羔裘豹祛,東與福遇。駕迎吾兄,送我鸝黃。

In a lambskin coat with leopard-fur cuffs, he meets blessings heading east. Driving the carriage to welcome my brother; he sends me an oriole.

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

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