既濟 → 大有
Hexagram 63: After Completion → Hexagram 14: Great Possession
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 5, 6).
Line 2
六二 婦喪其茀。勿逐。七日得。
Six in the second place means: The woman loses the curtain of her carriage. Do not run after it; On the seventh day you will get it.
Line 4
六四 繻有衣袽。終日戒。
Six in the fourth place means: The finest clothes turn to rags. Be careful all day long.
Line 5
九五 東鄰殺牛。不如西鄰之禴祭。實受其福。
Nine in the fifth place means: The neighbor in the east who slaughters an ox Does not attain as much real happiness As the neighbor in the west With his small offering.
Line 6
上六 濡其首。厲。
Six at the top means: He gets his head in the water. Danger.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
蒙慶受福，有所獲得，不利出門。
Receiving blessings amid good fortune, there is something to be gained; it is not favorable to go out the door.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Water sits above fire, blessings and good fortune arrive — there are gains to be had. Yet the verse cautions: do not go out the door. One receives favor and profit while staying within, but venturing abroad invites danger. The message is one of quiet consolidation: fortune comes to those who tend what they already possess rather than seeking more. From After Completion to Great Possession, fire-and-water balance yields to fire blazing above heaven — abundance at its most expansive. Yet the verse tempers this: Great Possession achieved from a completed state works best through restraint, not expansion. The completed order already contains everything needed; going outside its bounds is how one loses what was gained.
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