既濟

Hexagram 63: After Completion → Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning

既濟
After Completion
Water / Fire
Difficulty at the Beginning
Water / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 3).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater Water
Lower TrigramFire ThunderThe Clinging → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

人无足法,緩除才出。雄走羊驚,不失其家。

A man without sure footing; slow to remove what has only just emerged. The rooster runs, the sheep startles, yet neither leaves its home.

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

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