否 → 困

Commentary

Heaven and earth refuse to communicate: bright daylight and sunshine force the thunder-chariot into hiding. Clouds and rain cannot move; each stays in its own place. From Standstill to Oppression, Pi's sealed world deepens into the lake drained of water — Kun's image of exhaustion, the well gone dry. The verse doubles Pi's stagnation with Kun's paralysis: even the thunder-chariot, symbol of heaven's arousing power, is suppressed by the very sunlight that should vivify. When yang is too dominant it scorches rather than nourishes, and the rain that would relieve the drought cannot fall. Each element is locked in place, unable to reach where it is needed. Oppression here is not darkness but blinding, immobilizing light.