One yang born at the bottomReturn
The turning point advances one small step, almost invisible.
Fu: beneath five yin, a single yang line appears. This is the winter solstice: on the coldest day the light has already turned back. Every real recovery begins this way — not at emotional high tide, but on some ordinary morning when you are suddenly willing to redo one small thing.
The judgment says return in seven days — there is rhythm; no need to hurry it. It also says not far, return: come back early from error; the farther you go before turning, the higher the cost. Fu's wisdom is all in timeliness — correcting just after drifting is far lighter than the great remorse after great ruin.
