豐 → 謙
Hexagram 55: Abundance → Hexagram 15: Modesty
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 4).
Line 1
初九 遇其配主。雖旬无咎。往有尚。
Nine at the beginning means: When a man meets his destined ruler, They can be together ten days, And it is not a mistake. Going meets with recognition.
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
齊東郭廬，嫁于洛都。駿良美好，謀利過倍。
From Dongguo cottage in Qi, she marries into the Luo capital. The stallion is fine and splendid; her plans profit twofold.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder and fire blaze in Abundance, and a woman from Qi's eastern suburb marries into the capital at Luo. The 'Dongguolu' (東郭廬) likely refers to a humble dwelling outside Qi's eastern wall, while 'Luodu' (洛都) is the Zhou eastern capital, Luoyang. A woman of modest origins marries upward into the metropolitan center. The horses are fine and handsome, the profits double expectations. From Abundance to Modesty, earth conceals a mountain within: the transformation traces how outward splendor yields to quiet inner worth. The humble woman's successful marriage to the capital embodies Modesty's principle — mountain hidden beneath earth, genuine value elevated precisely because it does not advertise itself.
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