既濟 → 小畜

Commentary

Water sits above fire, everything in its place — and so the young stay close to home. Crow chicks and magpie fledglings remain always with their mother, watching over their kin and flock, never straying from the nest. The verse is a gentle portrait of familial constancy: the young do not wander because the nest provides everything they need. From After Completion to Small Taming, fire-and-water order gives way to wind moving across heaven — a gentle breeze that restrains without force. The completed household does not confine its members by walls but by warmth. Small Taming's wind over heaven refines through culture and affection, the way a mother bird's presence alone keeps her brood gathered.