否 → 離

Commentary

Heaven and earth refuse to communicate as things crowd and jostle together, gradually crumbling and collapsing. A fine reputation is extinguished, submerged and gone without trace. From Standstill to The Clinging, Pi's stagnation meets doubled fire — brilliance that should illuminate. Yet the verse shows fire's destructive aspect: what once shone is consumed. The Clinging's image is continuity of illumination, 'the great person perpetuates the light to illuminate the four directions.' But here the light fails: crowding leads to collapse, and the good name sinks forever. Li demands something to cling to — fuel for the flame — and when the structure crumbles, the fire has nothing to sustain it. Brilliance without foundation simply burns out.