既濟
After Completion
HEXAGRAM 63 · JÌ JÌ
ABOVE☵坎Water
BELOW☲離Fire
THE JUDGEMENT
After Completion. Success in small matters. Perseverance furthers. At the beginning good fortune; at the end, disorder.
THE IMAGE
Water above fire: the image of After Completion. Thus the noble one reflects on misfortune and arms himself against it in advance.
THE LINES
Nine at the beginningHe brakes the wheels, and the tail gets wet: no blame.
Six in the second placeThe woman loses the curtain of her carriage: do not run after it, on the seventh day she will have it again.
Nine in the third placeThe Illustrious Ancestor punishes the land of the demons: in three years he conquers it. Small men are not to be employed.
Six in the fourth placeThe finest clothes turn to rags: be careful all day long.
Nine in the fifth placeThe slaughtered ox of the neighbor in the east is worth less than the small offering of the neighbor in the west: full happiness goes to the sincere.
Six at the topThe head sinks into the water: danger.
KEYWORDS
completionordervigilancetransitionmaintenance