Hexagram:The Family →Hexagram:Deliverance
I-Ching Transformation
37
The Family
Jia Ren
Wind / Fire
→
40
Deliverance
Xie
Thunder / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 閑有家悔亡
閑xiándiscipline
有yǒuhold
家jiā(a
悔huǐregret(s)
亡wángpass
Line 2: 無攸遂在中饋貞吉
無wú(having) no
攸yōucause
遂suìto pursue
在zàiremain
中zhōnginside
饋kuìmaking
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jí(is) promising
Line 3: 家人嗃嗃悔厲吉婦子嘻嘻終吝
家jiāthe family
人rénmembers
嗃hè(are) sharply
嗃hèrebuked
悔huǐ(a) regrettable
厲lìharshness
吉jí(but
婦fù(but) wife
子zǐ(and) child
嘻xī(are) smirking
嘻xī(and) mocking
終zhōng(this) concludes
吝lìndisgrace
Line 4: 富家大吉
富fùenriching
家jiā(the) family
大dàmuch
吉jípromise
Line 5: 王假有家勿恤吉
王wáng(as
假jiǎcomes
有yǒuhis
家jiāfamily
勿wùdo not
恤xùbe anxious
吉jí(the) promise
Line 6: 有孚威如終吉
有yǒubeing
孚fútrue
威wēidignified
如rú(is) like
終zhōng(the) outcome
吉jí(is) (just as) promising
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind →Thundergentle to arousing
Lower TrigramFire →Wateryin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
西賈巴蜀，寒雪至轂。欲前不得，復反其室。
Trading westward in Ba and Shu, cold snow reaches the axle hub. He cannot press forward; he turns back to his house.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 37 (The Family) to hexagram 40 (Deliverance). In the I-Ching, when a reading produces changing lines, the hexagram transforms into another hexagram, providing guidance for both the current situation and its eventual evolution.