小畜 → 豐
Hexagram 9: Small Taming → Hexagram 55: Abundance
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 5, 6).
Line 2
九二 牽復。吉。
Nine in the second place means: He allows himself to be drawn into returning. Good fortune.
Line 4
六四 有孚。血去惕出。无咎。
Six in the fourth place means: If you are sincere, blood vanishes and fear gives way. No blame.
Line 5
九五 有孚攣如。富以其鄰。
Nine in the fifth place means: If you are sincere and loyally attached, You are rich in your neighbor.
Line 6
上九 既雨既處。尚德載。婦貞厲。月幾望。君子征凶。
Nine at the top means: The rain comes, there is rest. This is due to the lasting effect of character. Perseverance brings the woman into danger. The moon is nearly full. If the superior man persists, Misfortune comes.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
中田膏黍，以享王母；受福千億，所求大得。
In the central fields, rich millet; offered in feast to the Queen Mother. Receiving blessings by the billions; what is sought is greatly obtained.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind above heaven erupts into thunder and lightning together — Abundance's overwhelming fullness. Rich millet grows in the central fields, offered to the Queen Mother in sacrifice. Blessings pour down by the billions; every wish is greatly fulfilled. From Small Taming to Abundance, gentle cultivation explodes into Feng's maximum brilliance. Thunder and fire converge: energy and clarity united at their peak. The offering to the Queen Mother — divine matriarch of Mount Kunlun, keeper of the peaches of immortality — elevates a simple harvest into cosmic exchange. When human effort aligns with celestial favor, the return is not merely proportional but superabundant. Feng warns that such fullness cannot last, but in this moment the cup overflows.
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