豐 → 泰
Hexagram 55: Abundance → Hexagram 11: Peace
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 4).
Line 2
六二 豐其蔀。日中見斗。往得疑疾。有孚發若。吉。
Six in the second place means: The curtain is of such fullness That the polestars can be seen at noon. Through going one meets with mistrust and hate. If one rouses him through truth, Good fortune comes.
Line 4
九四 豐其蔀。日中見斗。遇其夷主。吉。
Nine in the fourth place means: The curtain is of such fullness That the polestars can be seen at noon. He meets his ruler, who is of like kind. Good fortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
鵠思其雄，欲隨鳳東。順理羽翼，出次須日。中留北邑，復反其室。
From the high tower gazing far — countless sail-shadows on the water. But you alone are not among them. When will you return?
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder and fire join in Abundance, but the original verse tells of longing and delayed return. A swan-goose yearns for her mate and would follow the phoenix eastward. She grooms her feathers and wings, preparing to depart at dawn. Yet midway she is detained in a northern town and must return to her own chamber. The female bird's journey is interrupted — desire and readiness are insufficient when circumstances block the path. From Abundance to Peace, earth and heaven exchange positions in harmonious flow: the frustration of the incomplete journey resonates with Peace's promise that reunion will come when heaven and earth properly align, but only through patient waiting, not forced pursuit.
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