同人 → 豐
Hexagram 13: Fellowship → Hexagram 55: Abundance
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 5, 6).
Line 5
九五 同人先號咷而後笑。大師克相遇。
Nine in the fifth place means: Men bound in fellowship first weep and lament, But afterward they laugh. After great struggles they succeed in meeting.
Line 6
上九 同人于郊。无悔。
Nine at the top means: Fellowship with men in the meadow. No remorse.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
三人俱行，北求大牂；長孟病足，請季負囊；柳下之寶，不失驪黃。
Three men travel together, heading north to seek fine ewes. The eldest is lame; he asks the youngest to carry the pack. The treasure of Liuxia is not lost; the bay horse and chestnut are preserved.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Heaven and fire form Fellowship as three companions journey northward seeking a ram. The eldest brother injures his foot and asks the youngest to carry the pack. Yet the treasure of Liuxia — Zhan Qin's reputation for integrity — is never lost, nor does the company mistake a bay horse for a yellow one. The verse stages a fellowship under strain: injury redistributes the burden, but the group's discernment holds firm. From Fellowship to Abundance, the transformation amplifies what begins as humble cooperation. Thunder and lightning arrive together in Abundance as the noble man renders judgment. The three travelers, though limping, arrive at fullness because they never confuse what matters — the treasure that cannot be dropped is moral clarity.
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