巽 → 家人
Hexagram 57: The Gentle Wind → Hexagram 37: The Family
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 2).
Line 1
初六 進退。利武人之貞。
Six at the beginning means: In advancing and in retreating, The perseverance of a warrior furthers.
Line 2
九二 巽在牀下。用史巫。紛若。吉。无咎。
Nine in the second place means: Penetration under the bed. Priests and magicians are used in great number. Good fortune. No blame.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
四誅不服，恃強負力。倍道趨敵，師徒敗覆。
Four times punished yet still defiant; trusting strength, relying on force. Doubling the march to meet the enemy; the army utterly overthrown.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind upon wind transforms into wind over fire: the Gentle becomes The Family. Punitive campaigns against four quarters, yet the rebels remain unsubdued — trusting in brute strength and superior force. Doubling the march to rush the enemy, the army is overturned in defeat. The verse describes a commander who relies on military aggression rather than moral authority: attacking on all fronts, force-marching exhausted troops, and meeting catastrophic failure. From The Gentle to The Family, wind emerges from fire — words must have substance, and actions must have constancy. The failed campaign illustrates The Family's lesson in reverse: a household run by violence rather than consistent virtue collapses just as surely as an army that outruns its supply lines.
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