豐 → 比
Hexagram 55: Abundance → Hexagram 8: Holding Together
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 5).
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 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
雨師娶婦，黃巖季女。成禮既婚，相呼南去。膏潤下土，年歲大有。
The Rain Master takes a bride, the youngest daughter of Yellow Cliff. Rites completed and wed, they call to each other going south. Rich moisture soaks the earth; the harvest year is bountiful.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder and fire join in Abundance, and the verse presents a cosmic wedding. The Rain Master takes a bride — the youngest daughter of Huangyan. The rites are completed, the marriage sealed, and together they depart southward. Their union brings unctuous rain that soaks the earth, yielding a year of great harvest. The Rain Master (雨師) is an ancient weather deity; his marriage to a mountain maiden represents the union of sky and earth that produces fertile rain. The southward journey follows the prevailing winds of the growing season. From Abundance to Holding Together, water upon earth, the image of gathering and bonding: divine marriage becomes communal prosperity, as heaven's moisture meets earth's receptivity in perfect accord.
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