大過 → 旅

Commentary

Lake over wind wanders into fire above mountain — the Wanderer, homeless and dependent on strangers. Selling summer goods and mourning firewood from Cai, one travels a thousand li to trade. Yellow leaves wilt and wither; no profit is found. The verse depicts a long-distance merchant whose enterprise fails: goods carried a thousand miles yield nothing, and the leaves — perhaps a metaphor for his wares or his own vitality — turn yellow and die. The mention of Cai (蔡) may simply denote a place of trade, but 'mourning' (悲) attached to it colors the commerce with grief. From Great Exceeding to the Wanderer, the collapsed home forces one onto the road. The Wanderer's fire burns atop the mountain but warms nothing — the merchant's thousand-mile journey ends in empty hands and withered hopes.