晉 → 豫

Commentary

Fire rises above the earth, but the mulberry trees have rotted and the silkworms have perished from decay. Clothing is worn to tatters like netting, women's work cannot be completed, and silk cloth is treated as if it were jade — worthless substitutes passed off as precious goods. The verse traces a complete collapse of productive industry: the raw material (mulberry) fails, the labor (weaving) halts, and the economy of value inverts. From Progress to Enthusiasm, the transformation carries an uncomfortable edge. Thunder erupts from the earth in Enthusiasm's image of celebration and music, but here there is nothing genuine to celebrate. When the productive base rots, even the appearance of festivity becomes hollow — drums beating over empty looms.