豐 → 革

Commentary

Thunder and fire converge in Abundance, and the verse depicts spiritual desolation. A solitary ghost without shelter, biting its own fingers instead of eating. Bandits set bait for the people; encountering the enemy, fortune is lost. The hungry ghost (魂孤無室) is perhaps the most wretched figure in Chinese cosmology — an unanchored spirit with no descendants to feed it, reduced to gnawing its own hands. Meanwhile, predatory forces exploit the desperate populace. From Abundance to Revolution, fire within the lake: the verse presents the conditions that make revolution necessary. When the people are reduced to hungry ghosts and bandits prey upon them, the old order has exhausted its mandate. Revolution's fire burns within the lake, preparing to transform what has become intolerable.