井 → 巽

Commentary

Water drawn up through wood, the well channels nourishment through hidden roots. The original verse for this transformation is lost. The modern rewrite imagines well water seeping downward, carried by wind as cool relief, moss spreading silently along stone, roots drinking from underground currents while leaves receive heaven's light. Though the original text cannot be analyzed, the pairing of Well and The Gentle (doubled wind) suggests a pattern of quiet, penetrating influence — nourishment that works invisibly, like groundwater feeding roots that never see the sun. The well's sustenance meets Xun's gentle persistence: what enters softly transforms gradually, and the deepest influences are those that make no sound.