咸 → 夬

Commentary

A lake upon a mountain, but every faculty is impaired. Deaf and blind, half-sighted and stumbling, the lame prop themselves up and cannot walk. A corpse sits in dispute over its own remains, and the body is engulfed by fire — all compounded by relentless anxiety. The verse accumulates disabilities and catastrophes until the human form itself is dismembered: eyes, ears, legs, and finally the body consumed by flames. From Influence to Breakthrough, the mountain's gentle receptivity transforms into the lake rising to heaven — the decisive moment when accumulated waters burst through. But here, the one who should break through is utterly incapacitated. Breakthrough demands clarity, resolution, and forward momentum; this verse presents its opposite — a body too broken to act, consumed before it can decide.