漸 → 豐
Hexagram 53: Development → Hexagram 55: Abundance
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1
初六 鴻漸于干。小子厲有言。無咎。
Six at the beginning means: The wild goose gradually draws near the shore. The young son is in danger. There is talk. No blame.
Line 4
六四 鴻漸于木。或得其桷。无咎。
Six in the fourth place means: The wild goose goes gradually draws near the tree. Perhaps it will find a flat branch. No blame.
Line 5
九五 鴻漸于陵。婦三歲不孕。終莫之勝。吉。
Nine in the fifth place means: The wild goose gradually draws near the summit. For three years the woman has no child. In the end nothing can hinder her. Good fortune.
Line 6
上九 鴻漸于陸。其羽可用為儀。吉。
Nine at the top means: The wild goose gradually draws near the clouds heights. Its feathers can be used for the sacred dance. Good fortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
華首之山，仙道所遊。利以居止，長无咎憂。
Huashou Mountain, where the immortal way wanders. A place of profit and rest; forever without blame or sorrow.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind over mountain meets thunder with fire: gradual development reaches the fullness of Abundance. Mount Huashou, where immortals roam and the Way is practiced. A place favorable for dwelling and settling; one lives long without fault or worry. The mountain is both a geographic marker and a spiritual symbol: where Daoist adepts cultivate themselves in seclusion, time loses its urgency. From Development to Abundance, thunder and lightning arrive simultaneously, the fullest expression of power and illumination. Yet the verse does not depict explosive grandeur but serene permanence. The immortals' mountain represents abundance that endures because it was cultivated gradually, step by step up the sacred slopes. True abundance is not a peak moment but a plateau where one may dwell in peace.
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