萃 → 明夷

Commentary

Lake upon earth transforms into earth burying fire, the Darkening of the Light. One climbs dangerous heights and enters dire straits. The four seasons shift and change; spring frost turns to snow, and all things wither and fall. The imagery is of nature itself betraying its own rhythms: frost in spring, when warmth should prevail, followed by snowfall that kills the new growth. The seasonal order fractures, and what should nourish instead destroys. From Gathering to Darkening of the Light, the transformation buries what was visible. The light that once shone upon the gathered community is driven underground. Like King Wen imprisoned at Youli or Jizi feigning madness under the tyrant, wisdom must hide when the world inverts its natural cycles.