Hexagram 37 家人, Line 2
家人
Hexagram 37 · second line, divided (six)
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.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
六二之吉，順以巽也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 37 becomes hexagram 9.
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Character glossary
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 攸yōudistant, far; adverbial prefix
- 遂suìto fail; to follow, to comply with
- 在zàiat, in, on; to exist; used to indicate t
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit
- 饋kuìgift, present
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 六liùsix
- 二èrtwo; twice
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 順shùnto submit to, to obey, to go along with
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 巽xùnmild, modest, obedient; southeast; 5th o
- 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.