既濟 → 需
Hexagram 63: After Completion → Hexagram 5: Waiting
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 2).
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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
乘龍吐光，使暗後明。燎獵大得，六師以昌。
Riding the dragon that spits forth light, turning darkness into brightness. The torchlit hunt yields great success; the six armies thereby flourish.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Water sits above fire, and a dragon rises breathing light, turning darkness into radiance. The great hunt yields a magnificent catch, and the six armies prosper. The dragon spewing luminance evokes the sovereign who illuminates his age — the Son of Heaven whose mandate shines forth. The six armies (六師) are the full military complement of a Zhou king, signifying royal power at its zenith. From After Completion to Waiting, fire-and-water equilibrium yields to water suspended above heaven — clouds gathering with promise. The completed order does not stagnate but pauses in confident anticipation, the dragon having risen, now poised above the clouds before its next descent.
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