離 → 大畜

Commentary

Doubled fire meets heaven stored within the mountain: brilliance reveals a fatal flaw in what was carefully accumulated. The distinction between legitimate and illegitimate heirs is unclear; disorder among concubines' sons breeds catastrophe, and the state of Chen loses its domain. The verse alludes to the chronic succession crises of the state of Chen, where confusion between principal wives' and concubines' sons repeatedly destabilized the ruling house. Ultimately, internal strife invited Chu's annexation. From The Clinging to Great Taming, fire's penetrating clarity exposes what the mountain sought to contain. Great Taming stores heaven's power within the mountain's discipline, but when the most fundamental distinction — legitimate versus illegitimate — is obscured, the accumulated strength implodes, and the state collapses from within.