既濟

Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water → Hexagram 63: After Completion

The Abysmal Water
Water / Water
既濟
After Completion
Water / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater Water
Lower TrigramWater FireThe Deep → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

行旅困蹴,失明守宿。囹圄之憂,啟執出遊。

The traveler, weary and hard-pressed, loses his sight and rests in lodging. The worry of prison and chains -- yet the door opens, and one goes forth to travel again.

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

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