未濟 → 否

Commentary

Fire above water, and the dwelling is haunted. Ghosts and demons inhabit this place; it is malign beyond remedy, impossible to rest here. The verse is the shortest and most absolute in the batch — two lines of pure negation. No narrative, no allusion, no redemption. From Before Completion to Standstill, both hexagrams share a quality of profound dysfunction. Standstill places heaven above earth with neither communicating — the opposite of Peace. The haunted house becomes a structural metaphor: when upper and lower realms refuse to interact, the space between them fills with malevolent vacancy. There is no advice here except departure. Some situations cannot be reformed; they can only be abandoned.