既濟

Hexagram 24: Return → Hexagram 63: After Completion

Return
Earth / Thunder
既濟
After Completion
Water / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 3, 5).

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

驅羊南行,與禍相逢。狼驚吾馬,虎盜我子。悲恨自咎。

Driving sheep southward; meeting disaster on the way. The wolf startles my horse; the tiger steals my child. In grief and regret, one blames oneself.

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

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