遯 → 同人

Commentary

Heaven above the mountain shifts into heaven over fire — Fellowship, where like seeks like under heaven's bright gaze. Yet the verse depicts futile searching: entering the marketplace to find a deer, seeing neither head nor hoof. From dawn to nightfall, nothing is gained. The market is a place of human exchange, not wildlife — the search is absurd from the start. From Retreat to Fellowship, the retreating figure attempts to rejoin society but looks for the wrong thing in the wrong place. Fellowship's image is fire ascending toward heaven — clarity of discernment that groups like with like. The failure here lies in misidentification: the one who retreated too long no longer recognizes where genuine fellowship can be found, hunting for deer among merchants.