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HEXAGRAM 37 – Chia Jen – The Family (The Clan)

Above    SUN    THE GENTLE, WIND

Below    LI    THE CLINGING, FIRE

This hexagram represents the laws obtaining within the family.

• The strong line at the top represents the father,
  
• the lowest the son.
  
• The strong, line in the fifth place represents the husband,
  
• the yielding second line the wife.
  

On the other hand,

• the two strong lines in the fifth and the third place represent two brothers,
  

and

• the two weak lines correlated with them in the fourth and the second place stand for their respective wives.
  

Thus all the

• connections and
  
• relationships
  

within the family find their appropriate expression.

Each individual line has the character according with its place.

The fact that a strong line occupies the sixth place

-where a weak line might be expected –

indicates very clearly

the strong leadership that must come from the head of the family.

The line is to be considered here

• not in its quality as the sixth
  
• but in its quality as the top line.
  

THE FAMILY shows the laws operative within the household that,

transferred to outside life,

keep the state and the world in order.

The influence that goes out from within the family is represented

by the symbol of the wind created by fire.

 

THE JUDGMENT

THE FAMILY

The perseverance of the woman furthers.

The foundation of the family is the relationship between husband and wife.

The tie that holds the family together lies in the

loyalty and

perseverance of the wife.

• Her place is within (second line), while
  
• that of the husband is without (fifth line).
  

It is in accord with the great laws of nature that husband and wife

take their proper places.

Within the family a strong authority is needed;

this is represented by the parents.

If

• the father is really a father and
  
• the son a son,
  

if

• the elder brother fulfills his position, and
  
• the younger fulfills his,
  

if

• the husband is really a husband and
  
• the wife a wife,
  

then the family is in order.

When the family is in order,

all the social relationships of mankind will be in order.

Three of the five social relationships are to be found within the family –

• that between father and son,
  

  which is the relation of love,
  

• that between husband and wife,
  

  which is the relation of chaste conduct, and
  

• that between elder and younger brother,
  

  which is the relation of correctness.
  

• The loving reverence of the son is then carried over
  

  to the prince in the form of faithfulness to duty;
  

• the affection and correctness of behavior existing between the two brothers are extended
  
• to a friend in the form of loyalty, and
  
• to a person of superior rank in the form of deference.
  

The family is society in embryo;

it is the native soil on which performance of moral duty is made easy through natural affection,

• so that within a small circle a basis of moral practice is created, and
  
• this is later widened to include human relationships in general.
  

 

THE IMAGE

Wind comes forth from fire: The image Of THE FAMILY.

Thus the superior man has

• substance in his words And
  
• duration in his way of life.
  

Heat creates energy:

this is signified by the wind

• stirred up by the fire and
  
• issuing forth from it.
  

This represents influence working from within outward.

The same thing is needed in the regulation of the family.

Here too

the influence on others must proceed from one’s own person.

In order to be capable of producing such an influence,

• one’s words must have power, and
  
• this they can have only if they are based on something real,
  

just as

• flame depends on its fuel.
  

Words have influence only when they are

• pertinent and
  
• clearly related to definite circumstances.
  

General discourses and admonitions have no effect whatsoever.

Furthermore,

• the words must be supported by one’s entire conduct,
  

just as

• the wind is made effective by its duration.
  

Only

• firm and
  
• consistent conduct
  

will make such an impression on others that

they can

• adapt and
  
• conform to it.
  

If words and conduct are not in accord and not consistent,

they will have no effect.

 

THE LINES

 

Nine at the beginning means:

Firm seclusion within the family.

Remorse disappears.

The family must form a well-defined unit within which

each member knows his place.

From the beginning each child must be accustomed to

firmly established rules of order,

before ever its will is directed to other things.

• If we begin too late to enforce order,
  

  when the will of the child has already been overindulged,
  

  • the whims and passions,
    
    • grown stronger with the years,
      
    • offer resistance and
      
    • give cause for remorse.
      
• If we insist on order from the outset,
  
  • occasions for remorse may arise
    
    • in general social life these are unavoidable –
      

    but
    

    • the remorse always disappears again, and
      
    • everything rights itself.
      

For there is nothing

• more easily avoided and
  
• more difficult to carry through than
  

“breaking a child’s will.”

 

0 Six in the second place means:

• She should not follow her whims.
  
• She must attend within to the food.
  

Perseverance brings good fortune.

The wife must always be guided by the will of the master of the house,

be he

• father,
  
• husband, or
  
• grown son.
  

Her place is within the house.

There, without having to look for them,

she has great and important duties.

She must attend

• to the nourishment of her family and
  
• to the food for the sacrifice.
  

In this way

• she becomes the center of the social and religious life of the family, and
  
• her perseverance in this position brings good fortune to the whole house.
  

In relation to general conditions,

the counsel given here is

• to seek nothing by means of force,
  
• but quietly to confine oneself to the duties at hand.
  

 

 

MOVING HEXAGRAM

 

 

HEXAGRAM 57 – Sun – The Gentle (The    Penetrating, Wind)

Above    SUN    THE GENTLE, WIND, WOOD

Below    SUN    THE GENTLE, WIND, WOOD

Sun is one of the eight doubled trigrams.

It

• is the eldest daughter
  

and

• symbolizes wind or wood;
  

it has for its attribute gentleness,

which nonetheless penetrates

• like the wind
  

or

• like growing wood
  

with its roots.

The dark principle, in itself rigid and immovable,

is dissolved by the penetrating light principle,

to which it subordinates itself in gentleness.

1. In nature,
   

it is the wind that

• disperses the gathered clouds,
  

  leaving the sky clear and serene.
  

1. In human life
   

it is penetrating clarity of judgment that

• thwarts all dark hidden motives.
  

1. In the life of the community
   

it is the powerful influence of a great personality that

• uncovers and breaks up those intrigues
  

  which shun the light of day.
  

 

THE JUDGMENT

THE GENTLE.

Success through what is small.

• It furthers one to have somewhere to go.
  
• It furthers one to see the great man.
  

Penetration produces

• gradual
  

and

• inconspicuous
  

effects.

It should be effected

• not by an act of violation
  
• but by influence that never lapses.
  

• Results of this kind are less striking to the eye
  

than

• those won by surprise attack,
  

but

• they
  
  • are more enduring
    

  and
  

  • more complete.
    

If

• one would produce such effects
  
• one must have a dearly defined goal,
  

for only when

• the penetrating influence works always in the same direction
  
• can the object be attained.
  

Small strength can achieve its purpose

only by

• subordinating itself to an eminent man
  
• who is capable of creating order.
  

 

THE IMAGE

Winds following one upon the other: The image of THE GENTLY PENETRATING.

Thus

the superior man

• Spreads his commands abroad
  

And

• carries out his undertakings.
  

• The penetrating quality of the wind depends upon its ceaselessness.
  
  • This is what makes it so powerful;
    
  • time is its instrument.
    

In the same way

• the ruler’s thought should penetrate the soul of the people.
  
  • This too requires a lasting influence brought about by
    
    • enlightenment
      

    and
    

    • command.
      

Only when

• the command has been assimilated by the people
  
• is action in accordance with it possible.
  

Action without preparation of the ground only

• frightens
  

and

• repels.
  

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