蒙 → 家人
Hexagram 4: Youthful Folly → Hexagram 37: The Family
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 5).
Line 1
初六 發蒙。利用刑人。用說桎梏。以往吝。
Six at the beginning means: To make a fool develop It furthers one to apply discipline. The fetters should be removed. To go on in this way bring humiliation.
Line 2
九二 包蒙吉。納婦吉。子克家。
Nine in the second place means: To bear with fools in kindliness brings good fortune. To know how to take women Brings good fortune. The son is capable of taking charge of the household.
Line 3
六三 勿用取女。見金夫。不有躬。无攸利。
Six in the third place means: Take not a maiden who, when she sees a man of bronze, Loses possession of herself. Nothing furthers.
Line 5
六五 童蒙。吉。
Six in the fifth place means: Childlike folly brings good fortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
飛鷹退去，不食鄰鳥。憂患解除，君主安居。
The hawk flies away, not feeding on the neighboring birds. Worry and peril are dispelled; the lord dwells in peace.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
A spring beneath the mountain watches a hawk retreat without striking. The flying eagle withdraws, refusing to prey upon the neighboring birds. Worry and affliction dissolve; the lord rests securely in his dwelling. The hawk's forbearance is the critical image — a predator capable of violence that chooses restraint. Peace is restored not by defeating the threat but by the threat choosing to depart. From Youthful Folly to The Family, the transformation finds its logic in domestic order. Wind emerges from fire: warmth radiates outward as gentle influence. The household is safe because the predator respects its boundaries. The naif learns that security sometimes depends not on one's own strength but on the restraint of those who could harm you.
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