既濟中孚

Hexagram 63: After Completion → Hexagram 61: Inner Truth

既濟
After Completion
Water / Fire
中孚
Inner Truth
Wind / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater WindThe Deep → The Gentle
Lower TrigramFire LakeThe Clinging → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

執斧破薪,使媒求婦。好合二姓,親御斯須。色比毛嬙,姑悅公喜。

Taking up axe to split firewood, sending a matchmaker to seek a bride. The two surnames join in harmony; the groom attends her for a moment. Her beauty rivals Mao Qiang; mother-in-law is pleased, father-in-law delighted.

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

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