Exact classical source
泽上于天，夬。君子以施禄及下，居德则忌。
Yarrow editorial translation. The lake rises to heaven: Breakthrough. Thus the noble person extends benefit downward and avoids withholding it from worthy people.
Yarrow / Source Notes / 2026-07-17
Yarrow Image-to-Action note · 2026-07-17
Move New Resources Down to the Work
Read Hexagram 43 Guai through benefit that must descend, then move newly available resources from managers to named frontline work.
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Hexagram 43 · Guai · Breakthrough
This page studies a supplied Xiang image. It does not claim this hexagram was cast for the modern scene.
Source image
Water has risen above heaven and cannot remain suspended there; its decisive movement is downward into the field below.
Concrete tension
Newly available time, tools, or budget remains concentrated with managers while frontline contributors continue carrying the work without it.
Visible modern action
List the new capacity as named resource blocks of time, tool access, or budget. Assign each block to a named frontline role with a use date, publish the distribution, and review on that date whether the resource reached the work before allocating the next block.
Why this action comes from this source
The source treats benefit held above as something that must reach below. Resource blocks make the benefit countable, each frontline role identifies where it should descend, and the use date plus published distribution reveal whether allocation became real support.
Reflection question
Which resource is still parked above the frontline work that needs it?
Audience value
Informative and caring: contributors can see what support was assigned, when it should arrive, and whether it reached the work.
Source boundary
The Chinese quotation is checked against Yarrow's bundled Yang Tiancai and Zhang Shanwen source text. Where that OCR witness substitutes a character, the page discloses the raw reading and checks the correction against a second classical witness. The English translation, objects, tension, and action are modern Yarrow editorial work. This is not a fresh cast, prediction, or promised outcome.