I Ching 易經
The 64 Hexagrams / 55
Hexagram 55 · ䷶

Abundance

豐 · Fēng
Upper Thunder 震Lower Fire 離

The Judgment · 卦辭

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.

The Image · 大象

雷電皆至,豐;君子以折獄致刑。
(The trigrams representing) thunder and lightning combine to form Făng. The superior man, in accordance with this, decides cases of litigation, and apportions punishments with exactness.
Plain-English Meaning

Abundance. A peak of fullness; enjoy it, act clearly, and don't fear that it will pass.

The Judgment

Abundance brings success; be like the sun at midday.

The Image

Like thunder and lightning arriving together, judge matters clearly and decisively.
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The Lines · 爻辭
English: James Legge (1882), public domain · Text · Image (Appendix II), sacred-texts.com.
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