剝 → 未濟
Hexagram 23: Splitting Apart → Hexagram 64: Before Completion
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 6).
Line 2
六二 剝牀以辨。蔑貞凶。
Six in the second place means: The bed is split at the edge. Those who persevere are destroyed. Misfortune.
Line 3
六三 剝之无咎。
Six in the third place means: He splits with them. No blame.
Line 4
六四 剝牀以膚。凶。
Six in the fourth place means: The bed is split up to the skin. Misfortune.
Line 6
上九 碩果不食。君子得輿。小人剝廬。
Nine at the top means: There is a large fruit still uneaten. The superior man receives a carriage. The house of the inferior man is split apart.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
眾神集聚，相與議語。南國虐亂，百姓愁苦。興師征伐，更立賢主。
The assembled spirits convene, deliberating together in counsel. The southern kingdom is cruel and in turmoil; the hundred families grieve and suffer. Raising an army to march in conquest, a worthy lord is installed anew.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Mountain upon earth strips away completely, revealing fire above water — Before Completion, the hexagram of things not yet in place. The assembled spirits gather to deliberate together. The southern kingdom suffers tyranny and chaos; its hundred families grieve in anguish. An army is raised to mount a punitive campaign, and a worthy new ruler is installed. The spirits' council echoes the mythological convention of divine beings debating human fate — heaven itself takes notice when misrule becomes intolerable. The southern tyranny, the people's suffering, and the righteous military intervention form a complete narrative arc of dynastic revolution. From Splitting Apart to Before Completion, the old mountain has been entirely demolished, and the new order has not yet solidified. Fire sits above water — not yet properly arranged — but the campaign against tyranny is the first step toward eventual completion.
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