既濟 → 臨
Hexagram 63: After Completion → Hexagram 19: Approach
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 5).
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 3
九三 高宗伐鬼方。三年克之。小人勿用。
Nine in the third place means: The Illustrious Ancestor Disciplines the Devil's Country. After three years he conquers it. Inferior people must not be employed.
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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
莎雞振羽，為季門戶。新沐彈冠，仲公悅喜。
The katydid beats its wings, serving as doorkeeper for the younger brother. Freshly bathed and dusting off the cap, the second-eldest rejoices.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Water sits above fire, and the katydid rubs its wings in seasonal rhythm, keeping the household gate for the youngest brother. One who has freshly washed his hair dusts off his cap — and his companion rejoices. The katydid's wing-song (莎雞振羽) echoes the Shijing's seasonal markers, signaling autumn's domestic preparations. 'Freshly bathed, one dusts the cap' alludes to Qu Yuan's declaration in the Chuci: 'One who has just washed must dust his cap' — a metaphor for moral purity maintained despite corruption. From After Completion to Approach, fire-and-water balance yields to earth spreading above the lake — authority extending generously downward. The completed person approaches others with renewed integrity, and those who recognize such purity welcome it with delight.
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