I Ching · Book of Changes
Chapter 37
Hexagram 37 · Jia Ren · The Family
King Wen, Duke of Zhou, Confucius · Western Zhou (c.1000 BCE)
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The Family: favorable for woman's perseverance. 1. Firm seclusion within the family. Remorse disappears. 2. Nothing to achieve — attending to kitchen. Perseverance: good fortune. 3. Family tempers flare. Remorse, danger: good fortune. Wife and children giggle — humiliation. 4. She is the treasure of the house. Great good fortune. 5. The king approaches the family. No worry: good fortune. 6. Dignified sincerity. End: good fortune.