大有 → 臨

Commentary

Yin has declined to its extreme, old and exhausted. Yang now establishes its virtue, and the fire-bright Li trigram carries radiance aloft — the world is illuminated. The verse reads as a cosmological turning point: the spent yin force yields to resurgent yang, and light returns. From Great Possession to Approach, fire over heaven transforms into earth above the lake — the image of a sovereign approaching to teach and nurture without limit. The connection is precise: when yin's exhaustion reaches its nadir, yang's approach is not a conquest but a natural succession, like a teacher arriving when the student is ready. Li's light carried forward from Great Possession becomes the instrument of Approach's benevolent oversight.