大有 → 豐
Hexagram 14: Great Possession → Hexagram 55: Abundance
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 6).
Line 2
九二 大車以載。有攸往。无咎。
Nine in the second place means: A big wagon for loading. One may undertake something. No blame.
Line 6
上九 自天祐之。吉无不利。
Nine at the top means: He is blessed by heaven. Good fortune. Nothing that does not further.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
長生無極,子孫千億;柏柱載器,堅固不傾。
Endless life without limit; descendants in billions. Cypress pillars bear the vessels; solid and unyielding, never toppling.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Eternal life without limit, descendants numbering a thousand times ten thousand. Cypress pillars bear the vessel of state, solid and unyielding, never tilting. The verse pairs two forms of permanence: biological continuity through countless descendants, and structural endurance through cypress-wood architecture. The cypress pillar — symbol of incorruptibility — supporting the ritual vessel creates a powerful image of institutional capacity upheld by natural integrity. From Great Possession to Abundance, fire above heaven becomes thunder and lightning striking together — the peak moment of fullness. The verse captures Abundance's promise at its most expansive: everything flourishes, the structure holds, the lineage extends. Abundance maintained through sturdy foundations endures across generations.
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