The 64 Hexagrams / 37
Hexagram 37 · ䷤
The Family
家人 · Jiā Rén
Upper Wind 巽Lower Fire 離
The Judgment · 卦辭
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.
The Image · 大象
風自火出，家人；君子以言有物，而行有恆。
(The trigram representing) fire, and that for wind coming forth from it, form Kiâ Zăn. The superior man, in accordance with this, orders his words according to (the truth of) things, and his conduct so that it is uniformly consistent.
Plain-English Meaning
The family. Clear roles, care and responsibility at home strengthen everything else.
The Judgment
The family is favoured by the steadiness of those at its heart.
The Image
Like wind coming out of fire, let your words have substance and your conduct consistency.
Editorial summary written for this site; not a translation.
The Lines · 爻辭
- 初九 · Line 1閑有家，悔亡。The first NINE, undivided, shows its subject establishing restrictive regulations in his household Occasion for repentance will disappear.象曰：閑有家，志未變也。
- 六二 · Line 2无攸遂，在中饋，貞吉。The 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.象曰：六二之吉，順以巽也。
- 九三 · Line 3家人嗃嗃，悔厲吉；婦子嘻嘻，終吝。The 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.象曰：家人嗃嗃，未失也；婦子嘻嘻，失家節也。
- 六四 · Line 4富家，大吉。The fourth SIX, divided, shows its subject enriching the family. There will be great good fortune.象曰：富家大吉，順在位也。
- 九五 · Line 5王假有家，勿恤。吉。The fifth NINE, undivided, shows the influence of the king extending to his family. There need be no anxiety; there will be good fortune.象曰：王假有家，交相愛也。
- 上九 · Line 6有孚威如，終吉。The topmost NINE, undivided, shows its subject possessed of sincerity and arrayed in majesty. In the end there will be good fortune.象曰：威如之吉，反身之謂也。
English: James Legge (1882), public domain · Text · Image (Appendix II), sacred-texts.com.