豐 → 未濟
Hexagram 55: Abundance → Hexagram 64: Before Completion
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 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 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
喁喁嘉草，思降甘雨。景風升上，沾洽時澍，生我禾稼。
Whispering, the fair grasses long for sweet rain to descend. The warm wind rises upward; timely showers soak and nourish, bringing forth our grain and millet.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder and fire illuminate Abundance, and the verse closes with a vision of longed-for rain. The grasses murmur, yearning for sweet rain to descend. The warm south wind rises, and timely showers soak the earth, nourishing grain and millet. The 'Jingfeng' (景風) is the warm southerly wind associated with summer's peak — the very wind that drives the growing season. Its rising signals that the cosmic mechanism is working: warmth lifts moisture, clouds form, and rain arrives exactly when needed. From Abundance to Before Completion, fire above water: the cycle is not yet closed, but all the elements are in motion. Before Completion's promise is that the final crossing remains ahead — the rain has fallen, the grain is growing, but the harvest is still to come.
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