豐 → 震
Hexagram 55: Abundance → Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 3).
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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
衛侯東遊，惑於少姬。亡我考妣，久迷不來。
Red lamps and warm wine bewitch the eyes; outside the tent, cold wind drives the war drums. Family letters pile up unopened — the homeland lies a thousand li away under fresh snow.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder and fire join in Abundance, and the original verse tells of a duke bewitched abroad. 'The Marquis of Wei travels eastward, beguiled by a young concubine. He neglects his parents' memory and lingers, lost, never returning.' The Marquis of Wei (衛侯) who 'traveled east, beguiled by Shao Ji' likely alludes to a Wei ruler so captivated by a woman that he abandoned his duties, including ancestral rites. The verse names the fundamental violation: forgetting one's father and mother. From Abundance to the Arousing, doubled thunder: the shock that should awaken the conscience goes unheeded. Thunder strikes twice — nature's most urgent alarm — yet the lord remains entranced, deaf to the call of duty and filial obligation.
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