臨 → 萃

Commentary

Earth above the lake meets the lake gathered upon earth — the natural congregation of Gathering. A wild duck swims the rivers and seas, diving beneath the surface for a thousand li. Presumed dead, it reappears at the hollow mulberry tree — the mythological birthplace of the sun. Long life in a land of joy. The duck's submarine journey across vast distances, given up for lost and then miraculously resurfacing at the cosmic origin-point, enacts death and rebirth. The hollow mulberry (Kong Sang) is where the ten suns bathe before their daily journey. From Approach to Gathering, scattered energies converge at a sacred center. What seemed lost was merely traveling underground, gathering itself for reemergence at the source of all light.