Hexagram 37 家人, Line 6
家人
Hexagram 37 · sixth line, undivided (nine)
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.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
威如之吉，反身之謂也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 37 becomes hexagram 63.
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Character glossary
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 孚fúto brood over eggs; to have confidence
- 威wēimight, power, prestige; to dominate
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 終zhōngend; finally, in the end
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 反fǎnreverse, opposite; contrary, anti-
- 身shēnbody, torso; person; pregnancy
- 謂wèito call, to say, to tell; name, title; m
- 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.