豐 → 節
Hexagram 55: Abundance → Hexagram 60: Limitation
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 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 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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
陰變為陽，女化為男。治道大通，君臣相承。
Yin transforms into yang; the female changes to male. The way of governance opens wide; lord and minister sustain each other.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder and fire illuminate Abundance, and the verse proclaims a cosmic transformation. Yin transmutes into yang; female transforms into male. The Way of governance flows freely, and sovereign and minister sustain each other in harmony. This is not gender commentary but cosmological metaphor: the passive, receptive principle converts into the active, creative one. When such a transformation occurs in the political realm, blocked channels open and ruler and minister achieve perfect complementarity. From Abundance to Limitation, water above the lake: Limitation sets proper measures and boundaries. The yin-to-yang transformation succeeds precisely because it occurs within limits — not wild transmutation but structured conversion, like water measured above the lake in proper proportion.
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