訟 → 豐
Hexagram 6: Conflict → Hexagram 55: Abundance
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).
Line 1
初六 不永所事。小有言。終吉。
Six at the beginning means: If one does not perpetuate the affair, There is a little gossip. In the end, good fortune comes.
Line 2
九二 不克訟。歸而逋其邑。人三百戶。无眚。
Nine in the second place means: One cannot engage in conflict; One returns home, gives way. The people of his town, Three hundred households, Remain free of guilt.
Line 3
六三 食舊德。貞。厲終吉。或從王事。无成。
Six in the third place means: To nourish oneself on ancient virtue induces perseverance. Danger. In the end, good fortune comes. If by chance you are in the service of a king, Seek not works.
Line 5
九五 訟。元吉。
Nine in the fifth place means: To contend before him Brings supreme good fortune.
Line 6
上九 或錫之鞶帶。終朝三褫之。
Nine at the top means: Even if by chance a leather belt is bestowed on one, By the end of a morning It will have been snatched away three times.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
低頭窺視，有所畏避。行者不利，酒酸魚敗，眾莫貪嗜。
Lowering the head, peering furtively; there is something to fear and avoid. Travelers find no advantage; the wine has soured and the fish spoiled -- none craves a taste.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Heaven and water oppose, and suspicion pervades. One lowers the head and peers about furtively, sensing danger everywhere. Travelers fare poorly; the wine has soured and the fish rotted — no one partakes. The verse creates an atmosphere of corruption so thorough that even the simplest pleasures turn toxic. From Conflict to Abundance, thunder and lightning arrive simultaneously — the image of judicial clarity at the height of power. Feng's image is the judge who renders verdicts at the zenith. Yet the verse shows abundance gone rancid: what should be a feast of plenty has spoiled. Abundance that has not been administered with discernment ferments into waste. The lightning reveals not glory but decay.
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