豐 → 觀
Hexagram 55: Abundance → Hexagram 20: Contemplation
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).
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 3
九三 豐其沛。日中見沬。折其右肱。无咎。
Nine in the third place means: The underbrush is of such abundance That the small stars can be seen at noon. He breaks his right arm. No blame.
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.
Line 5
六五 來章。有慶譽吉。
Six in the fifth place means: Lines are coming, Blessing and fame draw near. Good fortune.
Line 6
上六 豐其屋。蔀其家。闚其戶。闃其无人。三歲不覿。凶。
Six at the top means: His house is in a state of abundance. He screens off his family. He peers through the gate And no longer perceives anyone. For three years he sees nothing. Misfortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
望城抱子，見邑不殆。公孫上堂，大君悅喜。
Gazing at the city, clasping her child; seeing the town, she is unharmed. The young lord ascends the hall; the great sovereign rejoices.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder and fire illuminate Abundance, and a hopeful scene unfolds. One gazes toward the city walls carrying a child, seeing the settlement and knowing no danger. A nobleman (公孫) ascends the hall, and the great lord is pleased. The image is one of secure arrival — a traveler approaching a city with confidence, an heir presented at court to the sovereign's delight. The child carried toward the city suggests the continuation of lineage finding its proper place. From Abundance to Contemplation, wind moves over the earth as the sage king surveys his domain: the verse captures the moment when abundance is observed and confirmed from a high vantage point, and the ruler takes joy in seeing his domain flourishing.
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