家人 → 豐
Hexagram 37: The Family → Hexagram 55: Abundance
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 4, 5, 6).
Line 4
六四 富家大吉。
Six in the fourth place means: She is the treasure of the house. Great good fortune.
Line 5
九五 王假有家。勿恤吉。
Nine in the fifth place means: As a king he approaches his family. Fear not. Good fortune.
Line 6
上九 有孚威如。終吉。
Nine at the top means: His work commands respect. In the end good fortune comes.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
日新東從，魁杓為禍。僕臺為秦，使我久坐。
The sun rises anew in the east; the Dipper's handle brings disaster. The servant becomes a subject of Qin; it keeps me sitting here endlessly.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind from fire should illuminate the family's affairs, but here the light shifts and shadows lengthen. The sun rises anew from the east, yet the Dipper's handle brings misfortune. A servant seizes power for Qin, leaving the speaker stranded and idle. The 'Dipper's handle as disaster' invokes astronomical omen lore: the direction the Big Dipper points determines the season and the fortune of nations. When celestial indicators turn unfavorable, even the rising sun cannot dispel the gathering darkness. The servant usurping power for Qin may allude to a retainer overstepping his station. From The Family to Abundance, thunder and lightning arrive together in overwhelming fullness. But abundance can become oppressive — when lesser figures commandeer the instruments of power, the rightful master sits powerless while his world is rearranged around him.
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