家人
Jiārén · The Family
A house is held by small, repeated acts, not by one grand gesture.
The judgment
家人：利女貞。
The family. It is favorable for the woman to stay steadfast. In its own setting, the line gives the inside of the house to her and the outside to the man.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex37.judgment.
The image
象曰：風自火出，家人；君子以言有物，而行有恆。
Wind comes out of fire: the family. A capable person speaks with substance and acts with constancy.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex37.image.
A household holds together when each person knows what is theirs to do, and does it without being watched.
The six lines
Each line is a stage, from the bottom of the hexagram to the top. Open any line to read it in plain English.
初九 閑有家，悔亡。 He sets the household in order at the start, and regret disappears. Boundaries are easiest to set before anyone has crossed them.
He sets the household in order at the start, and regret disappears. Boundaries are easiest to set before anyone has crossed them.
六二 無攸遂，在中饋，貞吉。 She does not go her own way; she keeps to the household's daily work. Staying steady brings good fortune.
She does not go her own way; she keeps to the household's daily work. Staying steady brings good fortune.
九三 家人嗃嗃，悔厲吉；婦子嘻嘻，終吝。 If the household is too strict, there is regret and hardship, but good fortune. If wife and children joke all day, it ends in regret.
If the household is too strict, there is regret and hardship, but good fortune. If wife and children joke all day, it ends in regret.
六四 富家，大吉。 She brings wealth to the family: great good fortune. The one who manages the household well is the one who makes it prosper.
She brings wealth to the family: great good fortune. The one who manages the household well is the one who makes it prosper.
九五 王假有家，勿恤，吉。 The king comes to the family. Do not worry: good fortune. When the ruler visits, the household is honored, not inspected.
The king comes to the family. Do not worry: good fortune. When the ruler visits, the household is honored, not inspected.
上九 有孚威如，終吉。 He has sincerity and dignity; in the end, good fortune. Authority that is trusted does not need to shout.
He has sincerity and dignity; in the end, good fortune. Authority that is trusted does not need to shout.