Hexagram 37
风火家人
The Family
Hexagram 37, Jia Ren (The Family), is Wind over Fire - wind coming forth from fire, the warmth within generating the influence without.
Upper Trigram
☴
巽 (木)
Lower Trigram
☲
离 (火)
Palace
巽 Palace
Shi / Ying Lines
Shi: Line 2 · Ying: Line 5
The 巽 trigram (木) sits above the 离 trigram (火), forming 风火家人. This hexagram belongs to the 巽 Palace.
Judgment (卦辞)
The Family. The perseverance of the woman furthers.
Judgment text follows the Wilhelm–Baynes translation (The I Ching or Book of Changes, Princeton University Press), quoted for commentary.
Image (象辞)
Wind comes forth from fire: the image of The Family.
Line Texts (爻辞)
Firm seclusion within the clan. Remorse disappears. (闲有家)
She should not follow her whims. Attend to food. (无攸遂)
When tempers flare up, too great severity brings remorse. (家人嗃嗃)
She is the treasure of the house. Great good fortune. (富家)
As a king he approaches his family. Fear not. (王假有家)
His work commands respect. In the end good fortune. (有孚威如)
Hexagram 37 in Love & Relationships
Relationships: The family is the first school of character. The discipline and warmth you bring home shape everything else.
Hexagram 37 in Career & Decisions
Career: An ordered inner life and home produce ordered work. Tend the root, and the branches follow.
Hexagram 37 as a yes / no answer
Leans yes
The hexagram's core image favors moving forward — conditions support the asking.
The I Ching reads situations, not fixed outcomes — your reading can weigh the moving lines with this leaning.
In-Depth Analysis[+]
Hexagram 37, Jia Ren (The Family), is Wind over Fire - wind coming forth from fire, the warmth within generating the influence without. This is the hexagram of the household, of the intimate order that underlies all larger orders. The judgment emphasizes 'the perseverance of the woman' - the steady, inner work of nurturing that holds the family together. The lines trace the household's discipline: firm seclusion, tempering harshness, the treasure of the house, and the final line whose work commands respect. Jia Ren teaches that the family is the root of society; what is ordered within radiates order without.
Historical Stories[+]
The Confucian ideal of self-cultivation, then family, then state: the family as the first and most important arena of moral order.
A home that is calm and well-ordered through the steady presence of one person - the inner fire that warms everything around it.
Practical Applications[+]
Career: An ordered inner life and home produce ordered work. Tend the root, and the branches follow.
Relationships: The family is the first school of character. The discipline and warmth you bring home shape everything else.
Personal Growth: Order your inner household - your habits, your mind, your closest bonds - and the outer order will follow.
Classical Sources for Hexagram 37
黄金策 (The Golden Strategy)明 (Ming Dynasty, 1368–1644)
The subject-category diagnostic framework and its mnemonic verse formulas for common life-domain questions.
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