Hexagram 37 家人 changing to hexagram 19 臨
Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 2, 3, 5, 6.
What to read
Four changing lines: read the two unchanged lines of the resulting hexagram; the lower one is the main one. (Rule set out by Zhu Xi in the Yixue qimeng.)
Hexagram 19 臨, line 1
咸臨，貞吉。
The first line, undivided, shows its subject advancing in company (with the subject of the second line). Through his firm correctness there will be good fortune.
Hexagram 19 臨, line 4
至臨，无咎。
The fourth line, divided, shows one advancing in the highest mode. There will be no error.
The two hexagrams
Hexagram 37 家人 — judgment
利女貞。
For (the realisation of what is taught in) Kiâ Zăn, (or for the regulation of the family), what is most advantageous is that the wife be firm and correct.
Hexagram 19 臨 — judgment
元亨。利貞。至于八月有凶。
Lin (indicates that under the conditions supposed in it) there will be great progress and success, while it will be advantageous to be firmly correct. In the eighth month there will be evil.
The changing lines of hexagram 37
| Line | Chinese | Legge |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 无攸遂，在中饋，貞吉。 | The second line, divided, shows its subject taking nothing on herself, but in her central place attending to the preparation of the food. Through her firm correctness there will be good fortune. |
| 3 | 家人嗃嗃，悔厲吉；婦子嘻嘻，終吝。 | The third line, undivided, shows its subject (treating) the members of the household with stern severity. There will be occasion for repentance, there will be peril, (but) there will (also) be good fortune. If the wife and children were to be smirking and chattering, in the end there would be occasion for regret. |
| 5 | 王假有家，勿恤。吉。 | The fifth line, undivided, shows the influence of the king extending to his family. There need be no anxiety; there will be good fortune. |
| 6 | 有孚威如，終吉。 | The topmost line, undivided, shows its subject possessed of sincerity and arrayed in majesty. In the end there will be good fortune. |
English: James Legge (1882), public domain. Chinese: Zhou Yi.
Data: English Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0); Chinese Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.