履 → 豐
Hexagram 10: Treading → Hexagram 55: Abundance
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 5, 6).
Line 2
九二 履道坦坦。幽人貞吉。
Nine in the second place means: Treading a smooth, level course. The perseverance of a dark man Brings good fortune.
Line 3
六三 眇能視。跛能履。履虎尾。咥人凶。武人為于大君。
Six in the third place means: A one-eyed man is able to see, A lame man is able to tread. He treads on the tail of the tiger. The tiger bites the man. Misfortune. Thus does a warrior act on behalf of his great prince.
Line 5
九五 夬履。貞厲。
Nine in the fifth place means: Resolute conduct. Perseverance with awareness of danger.
Line 6
上九 視履考祥。其旋元吉。
Nine at the top means: Look to your conduct and weigh the favorable signs. When everything is fulfilled, supreme good fortune comes.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
群虎入邑，求索肉食；大人衛守，君不失國。
A pack of tigers enters the city, seeking meat to devour. The great man stands guard; the lord does not lose his state.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Heaven above the lake, and a pack of tigers enters the city seeking flesh. The predators have breached the walls, driven by hunger — a direct threat to civilization itself. But a great person stands guard, and the ruler does not lose his state. The verse stages the ultimate test of Treading: when the tiger is not merely a tail to be stepped on but a ravening force invading the settlement, only decisive leadership holds the line. From Treading to Abundance, thunder and lightning illuminate simultaneously. The great defender's vigilance transforms peril into power: the tiger at the gate, met with unwavering authority, becomes the catalyst for an era of decisive justice and blazing clarity.
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