Hexagram 37 Line 2: 六二
Position: Line 2 (Lower Trigram)六二 —Yin ⚋ (Broken)Register: auspicious
Classical Chinese Text
六二 无攸遂。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 Commentary
She should not follow whims but attend within to the food. Persistence brings good fortune. Great duties exist without having to look for them. The center of social and religious life of the family. In general: seek nothing by force; confine yourself to duties at hand.
When This Line Changes
If Line 2 changes, Hexagram 37 Jia Ren (The Family) transforms into Hexagram 9 Xiao Chu (Small Accumulating).
Parent Hexagram
The Family
Jia Ren家人 (37)
Wind (巽) over Fire (離)
Upper Trigram: ☴ Wind | Lower Trigram: ☲ Fire