未濟 → 泰
Hexagram 64: Before Completion → Hexagram 11: Peace
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 6).
Line 1
初六 濡其尾。吝。
Six at the beginning means: He gets his tail in the water. Humiliating.
Line 3
六三 未濟征凶。利涉大川。
Six in the third place means: Before completion, attack brings misfortune. It furthers one to cross the great water.
Line 4
九四 貞吉悔亡。震用伐鬼方。三年有賞于大國。
Nine in the fourth place means: Perseverance brings good fortune. Remorse disappears. Shock, thus to discipline the Devil's Country. For three years, great realms are awarded.
Line 6
上九 有孚于飲酒。无咎。濡其首。有孚失是。
Nine at the top means: There is drinking of wine In genuine confidence. No blame. But if one wets his head, He loses it, in truth.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
金帛共寶，宜與我市。嫁娶有息，利得過倍。
Gold, silk, and precious treasure; fit for trading in the market. Marriages bear fine offspring; profits return doubled and more.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire above water, the situation unresolved, yet commerce flourishes. Gold, silk, and precious goods are fit for trade; marriages produce descendants; profits double and redouble. The verse reads like a merchant's oracle — auspicious for investment, alliances, and fertility alike. From Before Completion to Peace, the fire-over-water transforms into earth above heaven, the great interchange where heaven and earth mingle their energies. Peace is the hexagram of open exchange: what is above descends, what is below rises, and prosperity flows in both directions. The unsettled condition of Before Completion resolves not through force but through reciprocal trade — goods, vows, and blessings circulating freely until the market itself becomes the mechanism of completion.
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