Hexagram:Abundance Hexagram:Contemplation

I-Ching Transformation

55
Abundance
Feng
Thunder / Fire
20
Contemplation
Guan
Wind / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Line 1: 遇其配主雖旬無咎往有尚

meet with
one's own
pèiequal
zhǔand
suīeven if
xúnten days
no
jiùblame
wǎngto go ahead
yǒuis
shàngworth

Line 3: 豐其沛日中見沬折其右肱無咎

fēngso abundant
are one's
pèiflowing banners
the day
zhōngat mid-
jiànone may see
mèistardust
zhéand also break
one's own
yòuright
gōngupper arm
but no
jiùblame

Line 4: 豐其蔀日中見斗遇其夷主吉

fēngso abundant
are one's
woven screens
the day
zhōngat mid-
jiànone may see
dǒuthe bushel constellation
or meet
that
hidden
zhǔmaster
promising

Line 5: 來章有慶譽吉

láicoming
zhāngan
yǒuthere are
qìngreward
and praise
promising

Line 6: 豐其屋蔀其家闚其戶閴其無人三歲不覿凶

fēngso
are
chambers
screen
one's own
jiāfamily
kuīpeering
one's own
door
abandoned
in
having no
rénthe others
sānand
suìyears
not
覿seen face to face
xiōngunfortunate

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder Windarousing to gentle
Lower TrigramFire Earthclinging to receptive

Yilin Verse

望城抱子,見邑不殆。公孫上堂,大君悅喜。

Gazing at the city, clasping her child; seeing the town, she is unharmed. The young lord ascends the hall; the great sovereign rejoices.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 55 (Abundance) to hexagram 20 (Contemplation). In the I-Ching, when a reading produces changing lines, the hexagram transforms into another hexagram, providing guidance for both the current situation and its eventual evolution.