The family — the order that begins at home.
Strength here comes from well-ordered relationships and clear, loving roles. Tend your inner circle, for harmony at home radiates outward. Each member true to their place sustains the whole.
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The Family places Wind (gentle, penetrating) above Fire (clinging, light-giving). The interplay of these two trigrams gives the hexagram its character.
The Classical Textoriginal Chinese
The Judgment · 卦辞
利女贞。
The Image · 大象
风自火出，家人；君子以言有物，而行有恒。
The Six Lines · 爻辞
- 初九闲有家，悔亡。象曰：闲有家，志未变也。
- 六二无攸遂，在中馈，贞吉。象曰：六二之吉，顺以巽也。
- 九三家人嗃嗃，悔厉吉；妇子嘻嘻，终吝。象曰：家人嗃嗃，未失也；妇子嘻嘻，失家节也。
- 六四富家，大吉。象曰：富家大吉，顺在位也。
- 九五王假有家，勿恤吉。象曰：王假有家，交相爱也。
- 上九有孚威如，终吉。象曰：威如之吉，反身之谓也。
The judgment, image and line texts above are quoted from the original Zhou Yi. A modern Chinese translation of the full classic is available on the original-text page.