艮 → 既濟
Hexagram 52: Keeping Still Mountain → Hexagram 63: After Completion
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 5, 6).
Line 1
初六 艮其趾。无咎。利永貞。
Six at the beginning means: Keeping his toes still. No blame. Continued perseverance furthers.
Line 5
六五 艮其輔。言有序。悔亡。
Six in the fifth place means: Keeping his jaws still. The words have order. Remorse disappears.
Line 6
上九 敦艮吉。
Nine at the top means: Noblehearted keeping still. Good fortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
出入節時，南北无憂。行者函至，在外歸來。
Coming and going in measured season; south and north, no worry. The traveler arrives with his letter; from abroad, he returns home.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Twin mountains stand still, and movement follows the rhythm of the season. Going out and coming in observe their proper times; journeying south or north brings no worry. The traveler arrives with a letter; the one abroad returns home. The verse is a portrait of harmonious circulation: departures and arrivals in perfect tempo, correspondence bridging distance, reunion completing the cycle. From Keeping Still to After Completion, mountain yields to water above fire — everything in its proper place, each element checking and balancing the other. After Completion is the rare moment when all hexagram lines are correctly positioned. The verse mirrors this: stillness has produced not stagnation but perfect timing, and every movement flows from and returns to its appointed station.
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