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Commentary

Water upon earth sprouts new growth from unlikely places. Teeth bud from the gums, a room's door swings open at last. The secluded person benefits from steadfast integrity — echoing the Yi's own phrase 'the imprisoned one benefits from perseverance' — and begins to drum wings and dance. Every image marks a threshold crossed: the tooth breaking through, the door opening, the dark figure emerging into light. From Holding Together to Limitation, water above lake establishes proper boundaries. Jie's measured restraint is not confinement but structure that enables flourishing. The verse shows that the right limitations — the gum that shapes the tooth, the doorframe that defines inside from out — are what allow emergence to happen on schedule.