渙 → 无妄

Commentary

Wind over water disperses meaning itself. A monkey's chatter — words without coherent sense, promises that never materialize. Its babbling misleads the white crow, leaving it parched and empty-mouthed. The monkey symbolizes clever but untrustworthy counsel; the white crow, a rare and auspicious creature, is ruined by heeding it. Heaven rumbling with thunder beneath creates the image of Innocence — acting without ulterior motive, aligned with heaven's spontaneous order. From Dispersion to Innocence, the verse warns that scattered, ungrounded speech actively corrupts natural purity. The white crow's misfortune comes from trusting artifice over instinct. True innocence requires refusing the monkey's seductive nonsense and returning to unmediated response.