離 → 豐
Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire → Hexagram 55: Abundance
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 6).
Line 6
上九 王用出征。有嘉。折首。獲匪其醜。无咎。
Nine at the top means: The king uses him to march forth and chastise. Then it is best to kill the leaders And take captive the followers. No blame.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
五利四福，俱佃居邑，黍稷盛茂，多獲高積。
Five blessings, four fortunes; all dwelling together in the village. Millet and grain flourish abundantly; a great harvest, piled high.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Doubled fire meets thunder and fire united: brilliance amplifies into overflowing abundance. Five benefits and four blessings converge as all dwell contentedly in their fields and towns. Millet and grain grow luxuriantly, and the harvest is piled high in great stores. The verse is a vision of total agricultural prosperity: every blessing arrives simultaneously, crops thrive, and granaries overflow. No historical allusion is invoked; the imagery speaks directly of an ideal harvest season. From The Clinging to Abundance, fire joins thunder in the image of lightning and thunder arriving together. This is the hexagram of fullness at its zenith — thunder provides the energy, fire provides the clarity, and together they produce a moment of overwhelming plenty that the wise ruler must harvest quickly, knowing such abundance cannot last forever.
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