既濟

Hexagram 63: After Completion → Hexagram 33: Retreat

既濟
After Completion
Water / Fire
Retreat
Heaven / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater HeavenThe Deep → The Creative
Lower TrigramFire MountainThe Clinging → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

危坐至暮,請求不得。膏澤不降,政戾民忒。

Knocking at the door, no answer — the courtyard is deep, the compound locked. Bats circle the roof beams; spiders web across the entrance.

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

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