大壯 → 豐

Commentary

Thunder above heaven sends a parent's thoughts eastward to Dongping, where a child is separated by rising floodwaters. The river boils and surges, dikes burst and channels overflow — yet through fortune's mercy, all survive unharmed, and the family is reunited at home. The verse moves from anxious separation through natural catastrophe to joyful reunion, a complete emotional arc compressed into six phrases. From Great Power to Abundance, thunder and lightning arrive together in Feng: overwhelming force paired with illuminating clarity. The transformation captures the flood's double nature — destructive power that paradoxically clarifies what matters most. In Abundance, the sage 'does not grieve at midday's zenith'; here, surviving the deluge restores both household and perspective.