大過 → 困

Commentary

Lake over wind meets lake above water — Oppression, where resources are exhausted and the lake runs dry. Yet the verse is surprisingly joyful: one strides confidently onto the carriage, heading south to a happy household. A fur coat is presented as a gift, and blessings arrive alongside. Despite the target hexagram's name, the verse reads as a gift-giving celebration — the sable coat a sign of wealth and generosity, the southern journey ending in warmth and welcome. From Great Exceeding to Oppression, the overburdened beam meets the drained lake. But the verse suggests that sometimes what appears as oppression is actually the necessary emptying that makes room for new abundance. The traveler arrives at a happy house precisely because he left his own collapsing one behind.