Hexagram 55: Abundance → Hexagram 53: Development

Abundance
Thunder / Fire
Development
Wind / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder WindThe Arousing → The Gentle
Lower TrigramFire MountainThe Clinging → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

義不勝情,以欲自榮。覬利危寵,摧角折頸。

Duty cannot overcome desire; one adorns oneself with appetite. Coveting profit, courting dangerous favor; horns shattered, neck broken.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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