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Hexagram 37 家人 changing to hexagram 30 離

jiā rén
→
lí

Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 4, 5.

What to read

Two changing lines: read both line texts of the original hexagram; the upper one is the main one. (Rule set out by Zhu Xi in the Yixue qimeng.)

Hexagram 37 家人, line 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.

Hexagram 37 家人, line 4

富家,大吉。

The fourth line, divided, shows its subject enriching the family. There will be great good fortune.

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 30 離 — judgment

利貞。亨。畜牝牛,吉。

Lî indicates that, (in regard to what it denotes), it will be advantageous to be firm and correct, and that thus there will be free course and success. Let (its subject) also nourish (a docility like that of) the cow, and there will be good fortune.

The changing lines of hexagram 37

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4富家,大吉。The fourth line, divided, shows its subject enriching the family. There will be great good fortune.
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.

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.

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