既濟 → 震
Hexagram 63: After Completion → Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 5).
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 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
反孽難步，留不反舍。露宿澤陂，亡其襦袴。
Rebellion and calamity make walking hard; staying on, unable to return to shelter. Sleeping exposed by the marsh bank, losing coat and trousers.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Water sits above fire, but rebellion makes every step treacherous. One cannot stay, yet returning home is equally impossible. Forced to sleep in the open by the marshland's edge, one loses even shirt and trousers. The verse depicts total dispossession: a fugitive stripped of shelter, direction, and clothing. From After Completion to the Arousing, fire-and-water balance gives way to doubled thunder — shock upon shock. The completed order has not merely ended but detonated, leaving the person exposed and disoriented in the aftermath. The Arousing's thunder startles one into motion, but here there is nowhere to go. Each thunderclap strips away another layer of security until nothing remains but the bare body in the open air.
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