未濟 → 萃
Hexagram 64: Before Completion → Hexagram 45: Gathering Together
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 5, 6).
Line 2
九二 曳其輪。貞吉。
Nine in the second place means: He brakes his wheels. Perseverance brings good fortune.
Line 5
六五 貞吉无悔。君子之光。有孚吉。
Six in the fifth place means: Perseverance brings good fortune. No remorse. The light of the superior man is true. Good fortune.
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
坐茵乘軒，據德宰臣。虞叔受命，六合和親。
Seated on cushions, riding in the carriage; established in virtue as chief minister. Yu Shu receives the mandate; the six realms join in harmony.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire above water, the unfinished order seeking resolution. A minister sits upon embroidered mats and rides in a canopied carriage, wielding virtue as his instrument of governance. Yu Shu receives the mandate; the six directions are united in harmony. 'Yu Shu' (虞叔) may refer to a virtuous minister of the legendary age, possibly connected to the Shun-era bureaucracy. The six directions (六合) encompass the entire cosmos — north, south, east, west, above, and below. From Before Completion to Gathering, fire-over-water transforms into the lake resting upon the earth. Gathering is the hexagram of convergence: the people assemble, the community consolidates, and the ruler prepares for the unexpected. The verse shows Gathering achieved through moral authority rather than force.
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