Hexagram 63
既濟 Jì Jì
After Completion
坎
Kan — Abysmal
Water · Middle Son
離
Li — Clinging
Fire · Middle Daughter
After Completion. Success in small matters. Perseverance furthers. At the beginning good fortune, at the end disorder.
Water over fire: the image of the condition in After Completion. Thus the superior person takes thought of misfortune and arms themselves against it in advance.
They brake the wheels. They get the tail in the water. No blame.
The woman loses the curtain of her carriage. Do not run after it; on the seventh day you will get it.
The Illustrious Ancestor disciplines the Devil's Country. After three years they conquer it. Inferior people must not be employed.
The finest clothes turn to rags. Be careful all day long.
The neighbor in the east who slaughters an ox does not attain as much real happiness as the neighbor in the west with their small offering.
They get their head in the water. Danger.