Hexagram 37 家人, Line 1
家人
Hexagram 37 · first line, undivided (nine)
閑有家，悔亡。
The first line, undivided, shows its subject establishing restrictive regulations in his household. Occasion for repentance will disappear.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
閑有家，志未變也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 37 becomes hexagram 53.
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Character glossary
- 閑xiánfence, guard; to defend; idle time
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 家jiāhouse, home, residence; family
- 悔huǐto regret, to repent, to show remorse
- 亡wángdeath, destruction; to lose; to perish
- 志zhìdetermination, will; mark, sign; to reco
- 未wèinot yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 變biànto change, to transform, to alter; rebel
- 也yěalso, too
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.