坤 → 豐
Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 55: Abundance
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4).
Line 1
初六 履霜堅冰至。
Six at the beginning means: When there is hoarfrost underfoot, Solid ice is not far off.
Line 3
六三 含章可貞。或從王事。无成有終。
Six in the third place means: Hidden lines. One is able to remain persevering. If by chance you are in the service of a king, Seek not works, but bring to completion.
Line 4
六四 括囊。无咎无譽。
Six in the fourth place means: A tied-up sack. No blame, no praise.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
義不勝情，以欲自傾。幾危利寵，折角摧頸。
Duty cannot overcome desire; by craving, one topples oneself. Courting danger for favor and position; horns broken, neck snapped.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Earth upon earth yields to thunder above fire — Abundance. Righteousness cannot overcome passion; desire topples the self. Courting danger for favor's sake, horns are broken and necks are snapped. Thunder and lightning together, the image of Feng, represent maximum illumination — the zenith of brightness and power. Yet the verse warns of abundance's peril: when desire overwhelms principle, the very fullness that enables ambition becomes the force that destroys. Broken horns and snapped necks are images of power contests lost — the animal that charges recklessly. From the Receptive to Abundance, the earth's yielding nature feeds the thunderous expansion of Feng, but without moral restraint, abundance accelerates toward catastrophe. The fuller the vessel, the more violent its shattering.
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