豐 → 中孚
Hexagram 55: Abundance → Hexagram 61: Inner Truth
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
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.
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
踐履危難，脫厄去患。入福喜門，見誨大君。
Treading through peril and hardship, escaping calamity and trouble. Entering the gate of blessing and joy, received in audience by the great sovereign.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder and fire converge in Abundance, and the verse traces a passage through danger to joy. Treading through peril and hardship, one sheds disaster and escapes calamity. Entering the gate of joy and blessing, one meets and is instructed by the great lord. The trajectory is classic: suffering precedes vindication. The 'gate of joy' (福喜門) marks the threshold between ordeal and reward, while 'meeting the great lord' (見誨大君) suggests receiving counsel or appointment from the sovereign after proving one's worth through adversity. From Abundance to Inner Truth, wind over the lake: the transformation resolves danger into sincerity. Inner Truth's emptiness at center — wind resonating over still water — represents the transparency that emerges when all pretense has been stripped away by hardship.
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