既濟

Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 63: After Completion

The Receptive
Earth / Earth
既濟
After Completion
Water / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth WaterThe Receptive → The Deep
Lower TrigramEarth FireThe Receptive → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

持刀操肉,對酒不食。夫行從軍,小子入獄,抱膝獨宿。

Holding knife, grasping meat; facing wine yet not eating. The husband has gone to war; the young son is in prison. Embracing the knees, sleeping alone.

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

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