Exact classical source
地势坤，君子以厚德载物。
Yarrow editorial translation. Earth's disposition is receptive. Thus the noble person carries things through deep capacity.
Yarrow / Source Notes / 2026-07-17
Yarrow Image-to-Action note · 2026-07-17
Show Capacity Before You Carry One More Task
Read Hexagram 2 Kun through earth's carrying capacity, then make present load and required support visible before accepting another task.
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Hexagram 2 · Kun · The Receptive
This page studies a supplied Xiang image. It does not claim this hexagram was cast for the modern scene.
Source image
Earth receives and carries many things because its supporting ground is present beneath every added weight.
Concrete tension
A new task arrives while the person's current load and missing support remain invisible, making a quick yes look easier than the actual burden.
Visible modern action
Before answering, make one capacity card with current commitments, remaining hours this week, and one specific support required. Send it beside the new request, ask the requester which load or support will change, and record the answer before accepting or declining the task.
Why this action comes from this source
The source joins receptivity with the ability to carry. A capacity card shows the ground already bearing weight; current commitments and remaining hours expose the load, while specific support identifies what must reinforce that ground before one more task can rest on it.
Reflection question
What support must become visible before this new weight can be carried?
Audience value
Caring: willingness no longer hides overload, and both sides can adjust the load before making a commitment.
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.