易I CHING · THE BOOK OF CHANGES

Hexagram 37 of 64 · King Wen sequence

The Family

家人 · jiā rén

Above
Wind
Below
Fire

Wind above fire: the influence of the hearth — the small circle where roles, example, and constancy do the work.

Wind comes from fire: influence starts at the hearth and moves outward. The Family is the hexagram of the small circle — household, team, inner group — where the real rules of any larger world are set.

Its counsel is about roles and constancy: each position carries a work, and the work is done consistently rather than occasionally. The text assigns the tasks without flattery — and its insight for the wider world is exact: correct the hearth, and the wind carries the correction far.

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