言有物，行有恆，正家而天下定
先看圖像，再讀文字。Read the image before the words.
風自火出，家人
(The trigram representing) fire, and that for wind coming forth from it, form Jia Ren.
君子以言有物，而行有恆。
The superior man, in accordance with this, orders his words according to (the truth of) things, and his conduct so that it is uniformly consistent.
風從火中而出（火生風），是家人之象。君子由此體會：言語要有實在內容，行為要有恆常之道。
(The trigram representing) fire, and that for wind coming forth from it, form Jia Ren. The superior man, in accordance with this, orders his words according to (the truth of) things, and his conduct so that it is uniformly consistent.
先讀經文，再讀《彖傳》如何解釋卦辭。The received text, then the Tuan commentary on it.
家人：利女貞。
家人卦，利於女子守正。家之根本在女子能持中道，內柔外剛，男女各得其位。
For (the realisation of what is taught in) Jia Ren, (or for the regulation of the family), what is most advantageous is that the wife be firm and correct.
家人，女正位乎內，男正位乎外，男女正，天地之大義也。家人有嚴君焉，父母之謂也。父父，子子，兄兄，弟弟，夫夫，婦婦，而家道正。正家而天下定矣。
家人卦：女子正位於內，男子正位於外，男女各得其正，這是天地的大義。家中有「嚴君」（嚴而為君者），即父母。父盡父道、子盡子道、兄盡兄道、弟盡弟道、夫盡夫道、婦盡婦道，家道才正，家正則天下定。
In Jia Ren, the wife has her correct place in the inner trigram, and the man his correct place in the outer. The correct positions of the man and woman accord with the great Yi of Heaven and Earth.
六條線各有一句判斷。閱讀次序初→上；卦象由下而上，看左側的卦。One statement per line, read from the first line to the top. The figure is drawn bottom-up — watch the rail.
閑有家，悔亡。
防閑有家（從家門開始立規），悔消失。剛起步即立家規。
The first NINE shows its subject establishing restrictive regulations in his household. Occasion for repentance will disappear.
閑有家，志未變也。
立家規於初，是因為志向未變。
無攸遂，在中饋，貞吉。
不求自己的成就，專注於家中飲食之事，守正則吉。柔得中位，是賢妻之象。
The second SIX shows its subject taking nothing on herself, but in her central place attending to the preparation of the food. Through her firm correctness there will be good fortune.
六二之吉，順以巽也。
六二之吉，是順從而謙遜。
家人嗃嗃，悔厲，吉。婦子嘻嘻，終吝。
家中嗃嗃（嚴厲），雖悔厲但吉；婦人小孩嘻嘻（過於放縱），終究會吝。家教寧嚴勿放。
The third NINE shows its subject (treating) the members of the household with stern severity. There will be occasion for repentance, there will be peril, (but) there will (also) be good fortune. If the wife and children were to be smirking and chattering, in the end there would be occasion for regret.
家人嗃嗃，未失也。婦子嘻嘻，失家節也。
嚴而未失節。嘻笑放縱則失家之節。
富家，大吉。
使家富裕，大吉。柔得位，能持家業。
The fourth SIX shows its subject enriching the family. There will be great good fortune.
富家大吉，順在位也。
富家大吉，是順而得位。
王假有家，勿恤，吉。
君王至於家，不必憂慮，吉。剛中得位，王者之家道。
The fifth NINE shows the influence of the king extending to his family. There need be no anxiety; there will be good fortune.
王假有家，交相愛也。
君王至家，是上下相愛。
有孚威如，終吉。
有誠信、有威儀，終吉。剛爻居上而能誠信有威，是家人卦收束之爻。
The topmost NINE shows its subject possessed of sincerity and inspiring awe. In the end there will be good fortune.
威如之吉，反身之謂也。
威如之吉，是反求諸身之意。
把象套到你的情境，取一個可行的下一步。Apply the image to your situation; take one practical step.
家·正位·言有物行有恆
Family · proper position · substantive words and consistent action
家人卦講「言有物，行有恆」，也講「正家而天下定」。家庭、團隊、組織要立得住，靠的是名分講清楚、誠信做底子。九三「寧嚴勿放」，是教養上一條硬道理。
Jia Ren comes down to two things: words with substance and conduct with consistency, and setting the home right so that all else settles. Family, team, and organization all stand on clearly defined roles with sincerity as the base. Line 3's 'stern beats lax' is a hard rule for raising children.
九三「婦子嘻嘻終吝」是現代家庭最常見的失，以「快樂教育」為名而失去家規，孩子終究嚐到苦果。嚴而有節是真愛，縱容是溺愛。
Line 3's 'wife and child smirking, eventual regret' is the common failure in modern families: losing household structure in the name of 'happy education,' until the child eventually pays the price. Strict with restraint is real love; indulgence is spoiling.
王弼以為家人卦的核心在「男女各正其位」，內外有分而後家道立。卦辭「利女貞」是因為女子持內最為關鍵，「正家而天下定」一句最見卦旨。
For Wang Bi the core of Jia Ren is 'man and woman each correct in their position' — only when inner and outer are distinguished does the way of the family stand. The Judgment says 'advantageous for the woman to be firm and correct' because the woman's keeping of the inner sphere is most crucial; the phrase that best captures the point is 'set the family right, and all under heaven is settled.'
程子強調大象「言有物，行有恆」，家庭的根本在誠：所言有實，所行有常。他以九三「家人嗃嗃」看作對過於放縱的告誡，寧嚴勿放。
Cheng Yi stresses the Great Image's 'words with substance, conduct with constancy.' The family's root lies in sincerity: what is said carries substance, what is done follows a pattern. He reads line 3's 'the household stern and strict' as a warning against excessive indulgence — better strict than lax.
朱子直言：家人者，治家之卦。彖傳「父父子子兄兄弟弟夫夫婦婦」一句立名分之要。學者觀此知：治家以名分始，以誠信終。
Zhu Xi says it plainly: Jia Ren is the hexagram of governing the household. The Tuan Zhuan's 'father as father, son as son, elder brother as elder brother, younger as younger, husband as husband, wife as wife' establishes the essentials of role and name (mingfen). The student learns from this: governing a family begins with roles rightly named and ends with sincerity and trust.
家人卦講治家。根基在大象八個字「言有物，而行有恆」：說話有實質，做事有定數，家裡人服的是這個，不是嗓門。九三擺出一道選擇題：「家人嗃嗃，悔厲吉」，管得太嚴，難免有怨，終究是吉；「婦子嘻嘻，終吝」，一團嘻笑無度，眼前和氣，日後要出事。兩害相權，寧嚴勿放。全卦收在上九「有孚威如，終吉」：先有孚，後有威。威儀立在誠信上纔站得住，光靠板臉，人心裡不服。
Jia Ren is about running a household. The foundation is the Great Image's eight characters: 'words with substance, conduct with constancy.' Say things with substance, do things on a steady pattern — that is what the family respects, not volume. Line 3 sets up a choice. 'The household stern and strict — regret and danger, yet auspicious': run it too strictly and there will be resentment, but the end is good. 'Wife and children giggling — regret in the end': easy laughter with no measure looks harmonious now and breaks down later. Weighing the two harms: better strict than lax. The hexagram closes on the top line, 'sincere and awe-inspiring — auspicious in the end': first sincerity, then authority. Dignity stands only when built on trust — a stern face alone convinces no one inside.
一家人，指全家上下。此卦講的是持家、治家之道。
The family; members of the household — the hexagram name.
門閂，引申為防範。「閑有家」是在家中先立規矩，防患未然。
To guard against, to set restraints — here, establishing household rules and discipline.
家中飲食烹調之事，古時婦女持家的本分。「在中饋」是六二安於這份職守。
The provisioning of the household — food and domestic management, the traditional inner-sphere charge.
嚴厲、苛急的樣子。「家人嗃嗃」形容治家過嚴。
Stern, severe in manner.
嘻笑無度的樣子。「婦子嘻嘻」形容一家人放縱失節。
Giggling and lax — unrestrained merriment.
至、到的意思，此處不作「假」字常見的「虛假」解。「王假有家」指君王親至、以身治家。
In old usage: to arrive at, to reach (not 'false').
憂慮、擔心。「勿恤」是不必憂慮。
To worry, be anxious.
第 37 家人（合）與第 38 睽（分）為一對綜卦。卦序揭示：家庭是合的典型，但合中已含分；分中也能達合。
Hexagram 37 Jia Ren (union) and Hexagram 38 Kui (division) form an inverse pair (zong gua). The sequence carries the point: the family is the paradigm of union, yet union already contains division — and from division, union can still be reached.
彖傳「正家而天下定矣」講的是家與國的類比：家治好了，國自然安定。後世《大學》「修齊治平」的次第，說的也是同一個道理。
The Tuan Zhuan's line 'set the family right, and all under heaven is settled' draws an analogy between family and state: govern the family well, and the state follows. The Great Learning's later sequence — cultivate the self, order the family, govern the state, pacify the world — follows the same logic.
彖傳「父父子子兄兄弟弟夫夫婦婦」，說的是各人守好自己的本分，家道才正。這與孔子的「正名」講的是同一件事：位子稱不稱得起這個名分。
The Tuan Zhuan's line 'father as father, son as son, brother as brother, husband as husband, wife as wife' says each person should hold to their proper role — only then is the family's way correct. It speaks to the same concern as Confucius's 'rectification of names' (zhengming): whether the position lives up to its name.
大象八字「言有物，行有恆」：說話要有實質，行為要有定數，是治家很扎實的兩句話。後世講「言行一致」，說的也是這個道理。
The Great Image's eight characters, 'words with substance, conduct with constancy' — speech must carry real content, conduct must follow a steady pattern — are a plain, solid rule for running a household. The later ideal of 'word and deed in accord' says much the same thing.
「言有物，行有恆」八字之意？為何是治家根本？
What do these eight characters mean? Why are they the root of family governance?
為何「正家而天下定」是中國家國同構思想的源頭？
Why is this the source of family-state isomorphism?
用九三「寧嚴勿放」評論一個你看見過或經歷過的教養失敗。
Use line 3 to comment on an upbringing failure you've witnessed or experienced.