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HEXAGRAM 55 – Feng – Abundance (Fullness)

Above    CHEN    THE AROUSING, THUNDER

Below    LI    THE CLINGING, FLAME

• Chen is movement;
  
• Li is flame, whose attribute is clarity.
  

• Clarity within,
  
• movement without –
  

this produces greatness and abundance.

The hexagram pictures a period of advanced civilization.

However,

the fact that development has reached a peak suggests that

this extraordinary condition of abundance cannot be maintained permanently.

THE JUDGMENT

ABUNDANCE has success.

The king attains abundance.

Be not sad.

Be like the sun at midday.

It is not given to every mortal to bring about a time of

• outstanding greatness and
  
• abundance.
  

Only a born ruler of men is able to do it,

because his will is directed to what is great.

Such a time of abundance is usually brief.

Therefore

a sage might well feel sad in view of the decline that must follow.

But such sadness does not befit him.

Only a man who is inwardly free of sorrow and care

can lead in a time of abundance.

He must be like the sun at midday,

illuminating and gladdening everything under heaven.

THE IMAGE

Both thunder and lightning come: The image of ABUNDANCE.

Thus

the superior man

• decides lawsuits And
  
• carries out punishments.
  

This hexagram has a certain connection with Shih Ho, BITING THROUGH (21),

in which thunder and lightning similarly appear together,

but in the reverse order.

• In BITING THROUGH, laws are laid down;
  
• here they are applied and enforced.
  

• Clarity [Li] within makes it possible to investigate the facts exactly, and
  
• shock [Chen] without ensures a strict and precise carrying out of punishments.
  

THE LINES

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.

To bring about a time of abundance,

a union of clarity with energetic movement is needed.

Two individuals possessed of these two attributes are suited to each other,

and even if

they spend an entire cycle of time together during the period of abundance,

it will not be too long, nor is it a mistake.

Therefore

one may go forth, in order to make one’s influence felt;

it will meet with recognition.

Six in the second place means:

The curtain is of such fullness

That the polestars can be seen at noon.

Through going one meets with mistrust and hate.

If one rouses him through truth,

Good fortune comes.

It often happens that

plots and party intrigues,

which have the darkening effect of an eclipse of the sun,

come between

• a ruler intent on great achievement and
  
• the man who could effect great undertakings.
  

Then, instead of the sun,

we see the northern stars in the sky.

The ruler is overshadowed by a party that has usurped power.

If

a man at such a time were to try to take energetic measures,

he would encounter only mistrust and envy,

which would prohibit all movement.

The essential thing then is

to hold inwardly to the power of truth,

which in the end is so strong that

it exerts an invisible influence on the ruler,

so that all goes well.

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.

The image is that of a progressive covering over of the sun.

Here

the eclipse reaches totality;

therefore

even the small stars can be seen at noon.

In the sphere of social relationships,

this means that the prince is now so eclipsed that

even the most insignificant persons

can push themselves into the foreground.

This makes it impossible for an able man

though he might be the right hand of the ruler,

to undertake anything.

It is as though his arm was broken,

but he is not to blame for being thus hindered in action.

MOVING HEXAGRAM

HEXAGRAM 40 – Hsieh – Deliverance

Above    CHEN    THE AROUSING, THUNDER

Below    K’AN    THE ABYSMAL, WATER

Here the movement goes out of the sphere of danger.

• The obstacle has been removed,
  
• the difficulties are being resolved.
  
• Deliverance is not yet achieved;
  
• it is just in its beginning, and
  
• the hexagram represents its various stages.
  

THE JUDGMENT

DELIVERANCE.

The southwest furthers.

• If there is no longer anything where one has to go,
  
  • Return brings good fortune.
    
• If there is still something where one has to go,
  
  • Hastening brings good fortune.
    

This refers to a time in which tensions and complications begin to be eased.

At such times

we ought to make our way back to ordinary conditions as soon as possible;

this is the meaning of “the southwest.”

These periods of sudden change have great importance.

Just as

rain relieves atmospheric tension, making all the buds burst open,

so

a time of deliverance from burdensome pressure has a

• liberating and
  
• stimulating
  

effect on life.

One thing is important, however: in such times

we must not overdo our triumph.

The point is not to push on farther than is necessary.

Returning to the regular order of life

as soon as deliverance is achieved

brings good fortune.

If there are any residual matters that ought to be attended to,

it should be done as quickly as possible,

so that

• a clean sweep is made and
  
• no retardation occur.
  

THE IMAGE

Thunder and rain set in: The image of DELIVERANCE.

Thus the superior man

• pardons mistakes And
  
• forgives misdeeds.
  

• A thunderstorm has the effect of clearing the air;
  
• the superior man produces a similar effect
  

  when dealing with mistakes and sins of men
  

  that induce a condition of tension.
  

Through clarity he brings deliverance.

However,

when failings come to light,

he does not dwell on them;

• he simply passes over mistakes, the unintentional transgressions,
  
  • just as thunder dies away.
    
• He forgives misdeeds, the intentional transgressions,
  
  • just as water washes everything clean.
    

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