井 → 大過

Commentary

Water drawn up through wood, the well provides steadily — but here that steady force erupts into martial violence. Archer Yi draws the Wuhao bow, aiming at a startled wolf. Drums and bells sound through the night, and a general's fierce heart stirs. Warriors of Zhao, bold and unyielding, fight to the death at Xingyang. Yi's legendary bow represents supreme martial skill; the Zhao warriors recall the desperate battles of the Chu-Han wars at Xingyang, where armies clashed for control of the Ao Granary. From The Well to Great Exceeding, the lake submerges the trees — weight beyond what the structure can bear. The well's measured sustenance becomes the ridgepole that bends and snaps under the strain of heroic excess.