豐 → 訟
Hexagram 55: Abundance → Hexagram 6: Conflict
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 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 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.
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
天災所遊，凶不可居。轉徙獲福，留止危憂。
The earth shakes and mountains tremble — roof ridges crack. Smoke and dust shoot skyward, half the horizon tilts. Leading children and elders out of the city — looking back, the homeland is buried in flame.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder and fire converge in Abundance, and the original verse speaks of heaven-sent calamity. 'Where heaven's disaster roams, the place cannot be dwelt in; those who move and migrate gain fortune, while those who stay face peril.' Natural catastrophe renders a home uninhabitable, and survival demands relocation. The verse frames disaster not as helpless fate but as a navigable crisis: the wise recognize when a place is spent and leave before it consumes them. From Abundance to Conflict, heaven and water run contrary: the fullness of Abundance has curdled into opposition, and the only wise response is to plan the departure carefully rather than cling to what is already lost.
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