既濟

Hexagram 1: The Creative → Hexagram 63: After Completion

The Creative
Heaven / Heaven
既濟
After Completion
Water / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven WaterThe Creative → The Deep
Lower TrigramHeaven FireThe Creative → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

梗生荊山,命制輸班。袍衣剝脫,夏熱冬寒。飢餓枯槁,莫人莫憐。

Thorny shrubs grow on Jing Mountain; destined to labor under Shuban. Robes and garments stripped away; summer heat, winter cold. Starving and withered; none show pity.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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