Hexagram 55: 豐 (fēng)
豐
fēng · Legge: Făng
Lower trigram ☲ 離 (Fire), upper trigram ☳ 震 (Thunder)
Judgment
亨。王假之，勿憂，宜日中。
Făng intimates progress and development. When a king has reached the point (which the name denotes) there is no occasion to be anxious (through fear of a change). Let him be as the sun at noon.
Commentary on the judgment (彖傳)
豐，大也。明以動，故豐。王假之，尚大也。勿憂宜日中，宜照天下也。日中則昃，月盈則食，天地盈虛，與時消息，而況于人乎？況于鬼神乎？
The image (大象)
雷電皆至，豐；君子以折獄致刑。
The six lines
| Line | Chinese | Legge | Changes to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 – – | 豐其屋，蔀其家，窺其戶，闃其无人，三歲不觌，凶。 | The topmost line, divided, shows its subject with his house made large, but only serving as a screen to his household. When he looks at his door, it is still, and there is nobody about it. For three years no one is to be seen. There will be evil. | 30 |
| 5 – – | 來章，有慶譽，吉。 | The fifth line, divided, shows its subject bringing around him the men of brilliant ability. There will be occasion for congratulation and praise. There will be good fortune. | 49 |
| 4 — | 豐其蔀，日中見斗，遇其夷主，吉。 | The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject in a tent so large and thick that at midday he can see from it the constellation of the Bushel. But he meets with the subject of the (first) line, undivided like himself. There will be good fortune. | 36 |
| 3 — | 豐其沛，日中見沬，折其右肱，无咎。 | The third line, undivided, shows its subject with an (additional) screen of a large and thick banner, through which at midday he can see (the small) Mei star. (In the darkness) he breaks his right arm; but there will be no error. | 51 |
| 2 – – | 豐其蔀，日中見斗，往得疑疾，有孚發若，吉。 | The second line, divided, shows its subject surrounded by screens so large and thick that at midday he can see from them the constellation of the Bushel. If he go (and try to enlighten his ruler who is thus emblemed), he will make himself to be viewed with suspicion and dislike. Let him cherish his feeling of sincere devotion that he may thereby move (his rulers mind), and there will be good fortune. | 34 |
| 1 — | 遇其配主，雖旬无咎，往有尚。 | The first line, undivided, shows its subject meeting with his mate. Though they are both of the same character, there will be no error. Advance will call forth approval. | 62 |
Lines are numbered from the bottom. Each line page shows the line text with its small image commentary; each “changes to” link opens the reading for that changing line.
Related hexagrams
- Inverse (lines in reverse order): hexagram 56
- Opposite (every line changed): hexagram 59 · reading
- Nuclear (lines 2–4 and 3–5): hexagram 28
English: James Legge, The Yî King, Sacred Books of the East vol. 16 (1882) — public domain; OCR text of the 1882 printing, checked against the proofread hexagrams. Chinese: Zhou Yi from Chinese Wikisource.
Character glossary
- 亨hēngprospering, going smoothly
- 王wángking, ruler; royal; surname
- 假jiǎfake, false, deceitful; vacation
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 勿wùmust not, do not; without, never
- 憂yōusad, grieving; melancholy, grief
- 宜yífitting, proper, right; what one should
- 日rìsun; day; daytime
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit
- 遇yùto meet, to encounter, to come across
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 配pèito blend, to mix; to fit, to match
- 主zhǔto own; to host; master; host; lord
- 雖suīalthough, even though
- 旬xúnten-day period; period of time
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 往wǎngto go, to depart; past, former
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 尚shàngstill, yet; even; fairly, rather
- 豐fēngabundant, lush, bountiful, plenty
- 蔀bùscreen
- 見jiànto see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- 斗dòuto struggle, to fight, to contend; measu
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable,
- 疑yíto doubt, to question, to suspect
- 疾jísickness, illness, disease; to envy, to
- 孚fúto brood over eggs; to have confidence
- 發fāto issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
- 若ruòif, supposing, assuming; similar
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 沛pèiabundant, copious, full
- 沬mèidusk; Mei river; Zhou dynasty place-name
- 折zhéto break, to snap; to fold, to bend; to
- 右yòuright; right-wing
- 肱gōngforearm
- 夷yíancient barbarian tribes
- 來láito arrive, to come, to return; in the fu
- 章zhāngchapter, section, writing; seal
- 慶qìngto congratulate, to celebrate
- 譽yùfame, reputation; to praise
- 屋wūbuilding, house, shelter; room
- 家jiāhouse, home, residence; family
- 窺kuīto peep, to spy on, to watch
- 戶hùdoor; family
- 闃qùalone; quiet, still
- 人rénman, person; people
- 三sānthree
- 歲suìyear; years old, age; harvest
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 觌díaudience, interview; face-to-face meetin
- 凶xiōngculprit; murder; bad, sad
Data: English Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0); Chinese Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.