豐 → 兌
Hexagram 55: Abundance → Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 5).
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 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 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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
水壞我里，東流為海。鳧鼃讙囂，不得安居。
Water destroys my village, flowing east to the sea. Ducks and frogs clamor in uproar; no peace for dwelling.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder and fire illuminate Abundance, and floodwaters destroy the village. The waters rush eastward toward the sea, and frogs croak their clamor amid the ruins. No one can settle in peace. The flood carries everything toward the ocean — an irreversible dissolution. The frogs and ducks (鳧鼃) that thrive in the ruin add insult to devastation: creatures of the water celebrate where humans once dwelled. From Abundance to the Joyous, doubled lake: the flood's destination is the lake multiplied. The Joyous means shared delight, yet here the waters that should bring joy have destroyed what they were meant to nourish. When abundance overflows without containment, the lake that should sustain becomes the flood that overwhelms.
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