既濟 → 大壯
Hexagram 63: After Completion → Hexagram 34: Great Power
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 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 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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
孟春和氣，鷹隼搏鷙。眾雀憂憒。
In the harmonious air of early spring, hawk and falcon strike and seize. The gathered sparrows are thrown into fearful confusion.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Water sits above fire, and in the gentle warmth of early spring, hawks and falcons strike with predatory precision. The flock of sparrows scatters in panic. The first month's mild air belies the violence overhead: the season of renewal is also the season of the hunt. From After Completion to Great Power, fire-and-water equilibrium transforms into thunder roaring above heaven — overwhelming force unleashed. The completed order generates surplus energy that must find an outlet. Great Power's thunder above heaven is not subtle; it is raw, directional force. The hawk does not deliberate — it strikes. The verse warns that even within harmonious seasons, power operates by its own predatory logic, and the small have reason to fear.
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