訟 → 既濟
Hexagram 6: Conflict → Hexagram 63: After Completion
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).
Line 1
初六 不永所事。小有言。終吉。
Six at the beginning means: If one does not perpetuate the affair, There is a little gossip. In the end, good fortune comes.
Line 2
九二 不克訟。歸而逋其邑。人三百戶。无眚。
Nine in the second place means: One cannot engage in conflict; One returns home, gives way. The people of his town, Three hundred households, Remain free of guilt.
Line 3
六三 食舊德。貞。厲終吉。或從王事。无成。
Six in the third place means: To nourish oneself on ancient virtue induces perseverance. Danger. In the end, good fortune comes. If by chance you are in the service of a king, Seek not works.
Line 4
九四 不克訟。復即命。渝安貞。吉。
Nine in the fourth place means: One cannot engage in conflict. One turns back and submits to fate, Changes one's attitude, And finds peace in perseverance. Good fortune.
Line 6
上九 或錫之鞶帶。終朝三褫之。
Nine at the top means: Even if by chance a leather belt is bestowed on one, By the end of a morning It will have been snatched away three times.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
白雉群雊，慕德朝貢。湛露之恩，使我得懽。
White pheasants gather and call; admiring virtue, they come as tribute. The grace of sweet dew; bringing me delight.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Heaven and water oppose, yet white pheasants call out in chorus, drawn by virtue to offer tribute at court. The 'dew of grace' (湛露) — from the Shijing ode celebrating the sovereign's feast for his lords — descends, and joy fills the hall. White pheasants were among the most celebrated tribute gifts in antiquity, symbolizing the voluntary submission of distant peoples to moral authority. From Conflict to After Completion, water rests above fire in perfect equilibrium — everything in its proper place. Jiji's image is order achieved, the task fulfilled. The verse embodies this completion: conflict has given way to a world where even wild creatures acknowledge virtue, and the royal feast proceeds in harmony.
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