否 → 解

Commentary

Heaven and earth stand apart as Yi Yin resigns from office, leaves the tyrant Jie, and goes to plow the wilderness. He follows what is right and passes on his teachings, returning to harmony without blame. Yi Yin, the sage minister who helped King Tang found the Shang dynasty, first served the tyrannical Jie of Xia before recognizing the mandate had shifted. His departure to the fields was not abandonment but realignment — positioning himself where virtue could take root. From Standstill to Deliverance, Pi's frozen blockage dissolves into thunder and rain, the liberating storm of Jie. Deliverance pardons faults and releases the bound. Yi Yin's withdrawal from tyranny to agriculture embodies this release: the knot unties itself when the righteous man steps away from corruption.