大有 → 隨

Commentary

Pacing back and forth, beating the breast and scratching the head in anguish. Five days and four nights pass before one finally catches sight of the Lord of Qi. The verse captures agonized anticipation — someone waiting desperately for an audience with a powerful figure, every hour stretching into torment. The restless body language and self-soothing gestures paint raw anxiety. From Great Possession to Following, fire above heaven transforms into thunder resting within the lake — the image of yielding to natural rhythms at nightfall. Following requires surrendering control, and this verse dramatizes the painful cost of that surrender: you cannot force the audience, only wait until the moment arrives. The one who endures the vigil ultimately sees the lord.