37 · Jiā Rén · The Family
離 Fire below, 巽 Wind above
The JudgmentFor (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.
Line 1The first NINE, undivided, shows its subject establishing restrictive regulations in his household Occasion for repentance will disappear.
Line 2The second SIX, 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.
Line 3The third NINE, 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.
Line 4The fourth SIX, divided, shows its subject enriching the family. There will be great good fortune.
Line 5The fifth NINE, undivided, shows the influence of the king extending to his family. There need be no anxiety; there will be good fortune.
Line 6The topmost NINE, undivided, shows its subject possessed of sincerity and arrayed in majesty. In the end there will be good fortune.
— James Legge, 1882
Text: James Legge's 1882 translation (public domain), lightly presented. Our own reading of each hexagram is being written.