益 → 睽

Commentary

Wind and thunder bestow increase, but the transformation leads to fire above the lake — the divergent perceptions of Opposition. Chasing a fox toward the eastern mountain, water blocks the way ahead. Too deep to wade across, the pursuer loses the advantage. The fox is a creature of cunning, and pursuing it leads the hunter into terrain that favors the quarry. The impassable water is not merely an obstacle but a revelation: the pursuit itself was misconceived. From Increase to Opposition, the verse illustrates how divergent aims create impasses. Fire and lake cannot merge — they see the same situation from irreconcilable positions. The increased energy devoted to the chase only carries the pursuer further from success, and the fox escapes precisely because water and mountain refuse to cooperate with the hunter's design.