未濟 → 井

Commentary

Fire above water, and the earth is parched to the bone. Heaven withholds rain, water sources dry up, all is scorched and barren. Trapped among sand and stones, nothing can be obtained. The verse presents absolute resource failure — the well has run dry. From Before Completion to the Well, fire-over-water transforms into water above wood, the image of the well that draws from inexhaustible depths. The irony is razor-sharp: the Well hexagram promises that 'the town may change but the well does not change,' yet the verse describes a well that has failed entirely. This is the Well's negative image — what happens when the source that should be eternal is blocked. The task becomes clearing the well, not digging a new one.