遯 → 萃

Commentary

Heaven above the mountain pools into lake over earth — Gathering, where people and resources converge. Yet the verse depicts scattering rather than assembling: walls are broken and fences gapped, making east-west passage difficult. The basin is smashed, and wine and food are spilled and wasted. Every barrier that should contain is breached, and every vessel that should hold is shattered. From Retreat to Gathering, withdrawal should yield to the assembling of resources at a central point. But the verse shows the infrastructure of gathering in ruins — the spaces that should welcome and contain are destroyed. Gathering requires intact boundaries; when the retreat has left walls crumbling and containers broken, there is nothing to gather into. The community cannot form because its vessels have been neglected beyond repair.