I Ching Hexagram 4 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family

I Ching Hexagram 4 - 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family

The young—whether in age or in spirit—stumble as they grow. Hexagram 4 speaks of those moments when someone in the family resists guidance, tests boundaries, or acts without awareness.

Your role is not to dominate, but to guide with calm authority. Avoid sarcasm, shame, or reactive discipline. Be the wise one who teaches not just through words, but through grounded presence.

Offer boundaries like a riverbank, not a wall. Let them know they are held, not trapped. And when they fail—as they will—be the one who teaches through love, not fear.

Folly is not permanent. What matters is the soil of respect you plant beneath it.

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Lines	Number	Title	Name
	1	CH'IEN	The Creative
	2	K'UN	The Receptive
	3	CHUN	Difficulty at the Beginning
	4	MÊNG	Youthful Folly
	5	HSÜ	Waiting (Nourishment)
	6	SUNG	Conflict
	7	SHIH	The Army
	8	PI	Holding Together
	9	HSIAO CH'U	The Taming Power of the Small
	10	LÜ	Treading (Conduct)
	11	TAI	Peace
	12	P'I	Standstill (Stagnation)
	13	T'UNG JÊN	Fellowship with others
	14	TA YU	Possession in Great Measure
	15	CH'IEN	Modesty
	16	YÜ	Enthusiasm
	17	SUI	Following
	18	KU	Work on What Has Been Spoiled (Decay)
	19	LIN	Approach
	20	KUAN	Contemplation
	21	SHIH HO	Biting Through
	22	PI	Grace
	23	PO	Splitting Apart
	24	FU	Return
	25	WU WANG	Innocence
	26	TA CH'U	The Taming Power of the Great
	27	I	Providing Nourishment
	28	TA KUO	Preponderance of the Great
	29	K'AN	The Abysmal (Water)
	30	LI	The Clinging Fire
	31	HSIEN	Influence
	32	HÊNG	Duration
	33	TUN	Retreat
	34	TA CHUANG	The Power of the Great
	35	CHIN	Progress
	36	MING I	Darkening of the Light
	37	CHIA JÊN	The Family
	38	K'UEI	Opposition
	39	CHIEN	Obstruction
	40	HSIEH	Deliverance
	41	SUN	Decrease
	42	I	Increase
	43	KUAI	Breakthrough (Resoluteness)
	44	KOU	Coming to Meet
	45	TS'UI	Gathering Together
	46	SHÊNG	Pushing Upward
	47	K'UN	Oppression (Exhaustion)
	48	CHING	The Well
	49	KO	Revolution
	50	TING	The Cauldron
	51	CHÊN	The Arousing (Shock)
	52	KÊN	Keeping Still
	53	CHIEN	Gradual Progress
	54	KUEI MEI	The Marrying Maiden
	55	FÊNG	Abundance
	56	LÜ	The Wanderer
	57	SUN	The Gentle
	58	TUI	The Joyous, Lake
	59	HUAN	Dispersion
	60	CHIEH	Limitation
	61	CHUNG FU	Inner Truth
	62	HSIAO KUO	Preponderance of the Small
	63	CHI CHI	After Completion
	64	WEI CHI	Before Completion

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