未濟 → 夬

Commentary

Fire above water, and the old order dissolves. The original verse reads: 'Yin transforms into yang; female transforms into male. The Way of governance breaks through; ruler and minister sustain one another.' This is a verse about categorical reversal as political renewal — the fundamental polarity flips, and through that inversion, blockage clears. From Before Completion to Breakthrough, fire-over-water transforms into the lake rising above heaven, the image of decisive resolution. Breakthrough is the hexagram of the single yin line finally expelled by five advancing yangs. The verse's 'yin becoming yang' enacts this dynamic directly: what was passive becomes active, what was blocked breaks through, and the political order regenerates through the very act of reversal.