損 → 家人
Hexagram 41: Decrease → Hexagram 37: The Family
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 5).
Line 2
九二 利貞。征凶。弗損益之。
Nine in the second place means: Perseverance furthers. To undertake something brings misfortune. Without decreasing oneself, One is able to bring increase to others.
Line 3
六三 三人行。則損一人。一人行。則得其友。
Six in the third place means: When three people journey together, Their number decreases by one. When one man journeys alone, He finds a companion.
Line 5
六五 或益之十朋之龜。弗克違。元吉。
Six in the fifth place means: Someone does indeed increase him. Ten pairs of tortoises cannot oppose it. Supreme good fortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
有人追亡，鳥言所匿，不旅日得。
Someone pursues a fugitive; a bird's call reveals the hiding place. Before the day is done, the quarry is found.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Mountain above lake transforms into wind above fire — the Family, where inner warmth radiates outward as gentle influence. Someone pursues a fugitive, and a bird's call reveals the hiding place; within a short time the quarry is found. The verse is terse and almost eerie: the bird serves as informant, nature itself conspiring to restore what was lost. From Decrease to the Family, the mountain's restraint dissolves into wind born of fire — warmth generating movement, the household's inner order extending outward. The bird's revelation mirrors the Family hexagram's principle: words must have substance, conduct must be consistent. Nothing remains hidden when the household is properly ordered. Decrease strips away concealment; the Family's warmth illuminates every corner.
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