既濟 → 渙
Hexagram 63: After Completion → Hexagram 59: Dispersion
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 6).
Line 1
初九 曳其輪。濡其尾。无咎。
Nine at the beginning means: He breaks his wheels. He gets his tail in the water. No blame.
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 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 6
上六 濡其首。厲。
Six at the top means: He gets his head in the water. Danger.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
馬服長股，宜行善市。蒙祐諧耦，獲金五倍。
A horse with long legs is suited for travel and good markets. Receiving the blessing of a harmonious match, gaining gold fivefold.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Water sits above fire, and the horse is tall with long legs — well-suited for trade and travel. Blessed with favorable pairings, one gains fivefold in gold. The horse built for the road, the market that rewards the venture, the returns that multiply — the verse celebrates commercial success enabled by the right instrument. From After Completion to Dispersion, fire-and-water balance yields to wind moving across water — Dispersion's image of barriers dissolving. The completed order does not hoard but disperses its wealth outward through trade, and the returns exceed the investment. Dispersion here is not loss but circulation: wealth flows outward on strong legs and returns multiplied, because movement itself generates value.
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