Abundance — fullness, the zenith of light at high noon.
This is a peak of plenty and clarity, brilliant but not lasting. Enjoy and use the high noon while it shines, knowing the sun must decline. Make the most of fullness without clinging to it.
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Abundance places Thunder (arousing, moving) above Fire (clinging, light-giving). The interplay of these two trigrams gives the hexagram its character.
The Classical Textoriginal Chinese
The Judgment · 卦辞
亨，王假之，勿忧，宜日中。
The Image · 大象
雷电皆至，丰；君子以折狱致刑。
The Six Lines · 爻辞
- 初九遇其配主，虽旬无咎，往有尚。象曰：虽旬无咎，过旬灾也。
- 六二丰其蔀，日中见斗，往得疑疾，有孚发若，吉。象曰：有孚发若，信以发志也。
- 九三丰其沛，日中见沫，折其右肱，无咎。象曰：丰其沛，不可大事也。折其右肱，终不可用也。
- 九四丰其蔀，日中见斗，遇其夷主，吉。象曰：丰其蔀，位不当也。日中见斗，幽不明也。遇其夷主，吉；行也。
- 六五来章，有庆誉，吉。象曰：六五之吉，有庆也。
- 上六丰其屋，蔀其家，窥其户，阒其无人，三岁不觌，凶。象曰：丰其屋，天际翔也。窥其户，阒其无人，自藏也。
The judgment, image and line texts above are quoted from the original Zhou Yi. A modern Chinese translation of the full classic is available on the original-text page.