需 → 晉

Commentary

Clouds above heaven part as the sun rises above the earth in Progress. Xianyang at the chen-si hours, Chang'an at the xu-hai hours — two imperial capitals named with their astrological timings, mapping the rhythm of governance onto the cycle of the day. Hills and mounds produce stillness, not a market for fish and eels: the terrain yields what is proper to it, not what one might wish. One cannot refuse or resist this natural order, and in the end there is no regret or blame. From Waiting to Progress, patient nourishment unfolds as the steady advance of light over earth: each thing in its proper place and time, neither forced nor denied. Progress here is accepting the landscape's own logic rather than imposing one's desires upon it.