63䷾既济

易經 I Ching: The Book of Changes

Hexagram 63: Jì Jì [After Completion]

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Image	水火既济	Water over fire.
坎上离下	Kǎn (The Abysmal, Water) above, Lí (The Clinging, Fire) below.
Judgment	既济。亨。小利贞。初吉终乱。	Jì Jì intimates progress and success in small matters. There will be advantage in being firm and correct. There has been good fortune in the beginning; there may be disorder in the end.
彖曰。既济亨。小者亨也。利贞。刚柔正而位当也。初吉。柔得中也。终止则乱。其道穷也。	"Jì Jì intimates progress and success:"--in small matters, that is, there will be that progress and success. "There will be advantage in being firm and correct:"--the strong and weak (lines) are correctly arranged, each in its appropriate place. "There has been good fortune in the beginning:--the weak (second line) is in the centre. "In the end" there is a cessation (of effort), and "disorder arises:"--the course (that led to rule and order) is (now) exhausted.
象曰。水在火上。既济。君子以思患而豫防之。	(The trigram representing) fire and that for water above it form Jì Jì. The superior man, in accordance with this, thinks of evil (that may come), and beforehand guards against it.
Line 1	初九。曳其轮。濡其尾。无咎。	The first NINE, undivided, (shows its subject as a driver) who drags back his wheel, (or as a fox) which has wet his tail. There will be no error.
象曰。曳其轮。义无咎也。	"He drags back his wheel:"--as we may rightly judge, there will be no mistake.
Line 2	六二。妇丧其茀。勿逐。七日得。	The second SIX, divided, (shows its subject as) a wife who has lost her (carriage-)screen. There is no occasion to go in pursuit of it. In seven days she will find it.
象曰。七日得。以中道也。	"In seven days she will find it:"--for the course pursued is that indicated by the central position (of the line).
Line 3	九三。高宗伐鬼方。三年克之。小人勿用。	The third NINE, undivided, (suggests the case of) Kâo Žung, who attacked the Demon region, but was three years in subduing it. Small men should not be employed (in such enterprises).
象曰。三年克之。惫也。	"He was three years in subduing it:"--enough to make him weary.

Line 4	六四。繻有衣袽。终日戒。	The fourth SIX, divided, shows its subject with rags provided against any leak (in his boat), and on his guard all day long.
象曰。终日戒。有所疑也。	"He is on his guard all the day:"--he is in doubt about something.
Line 5	九五。东邻杀牛。不如西邻之禴祭。实受其福。	The fifth NINE, undivided, shows its subject (as) the neighbour in the east who slaughters an ox (for his sacrifice); but this is not equal to the (small) spring sacrifice of the neighbour in the west, whose sincerity receives the blessing.
象曰。东邻杀牛。不如西邻之时也。实受其福。吉大来也。	"The slaughtering of an ox by the neighbour in the east is not equal to (the small sacrifice of) the neighbour in the west:"--because the time (in the latter case is more important and fit). "His sincerity receives the blessing:"--good fortune comes on a great scale.
Line 6	上六。濡其首。厉。	The topmost SIX, divided, shows its subject with (even) his head immersed. The position is perilous.
象曰。濡其首厉。何可久也。	"His head is immersed; the position is perilous:"--how could such a state continue long?

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Image

水火既济

Water over fire.

坎上离下

Kǎn (The Abysmal, Water) above, Lí (The Clinging, Fire) below.

Judgment

既济。亨。小利贞。初吉终乱。

Jì Jì intimates progress and success in small matters. There will be advantage in being firm and correct. There has been good fortune in the beginning; there may be disorder in the end.

彖曰。既济亨。小者亨也。利贞。刚柔正而位当也。初吉。柔得中也。终止则乱。其道穷也。

"Jì Jì intimates progress and success:"--in small matters, that is, there will be that progress and success. "There will be advantage in being firm and correct:"--the strong and weak (lines) are correctly arranged, each in its appropriate place. "There has been good fortune in the beginning:--the weak (second line) is in the centre. "In the end" there is a cessation (of effort), and "disorder arises:"--the course (that led to rule and order) is (now) exhausted.

象曰。水在火上。既济。君子以思患而豫防之。

(The trigram representing) fire and that for water above it form Jì Jì. The superior man, in accordance with this, thinks of evil (that may come), and beforehand guards against it.

Line 1

初九。曳其轮。濡其尾。无咎。

The first NINE, undivided, (shows its subject as a driver) who drags back his wheel, (or as a fox) which has wet his tail. There will be no error.

象曰。曳其轮。义无咎也。

"He drags back his wheel:"--as we may rightly judge, there will be no mistake.

Line 2

六二。妇丧其茀。勿逐。七日得。

The second SIX, divided, (shows its subject as) a wife who has lost her (carriage-)screen. There is no occasion to go in pursuit of it. In seven days she will find it.

象曰。七日得。以中道也。

"In seven days she will find it:"--for the course pursued is that indicated by the central position (of the line).

Line 3

九三。高宗伐鬼方。三年克之。小人勿用。

The third NINE, undivided, (suggests the case of) Kâo Žung, who attacked the Demon region, but was three years in subduing it. Small men should not be employed (in such enterprises).

象曰。三年克之。惫也。

"He was three years in subduing it:"--enough to make him weary.

Line 4

六四。繻有衣袽。终日戒。

The fourth SIX, divided, shows its subject with rags provided against any leak (in his boat), and on his guard all day long.

象曰。终日戒。有所疑也。

"He is on his guard all the day:"--he is in doubt about something.

Line 5

九五。东邻杀牛。不如西邻之禴祭。实受其福。

The fifth NINE, undivided, shows its subject (as) the neighbour in the east who slaughters an ox (for his sacrifice); but this is not equal to the (small) spring sacrifice of the neighbour in the west, whose sincerity receives the blessing.

象曰。东邻杀牛。不如西邻之时也。实受其福。吉大来也。

"The slaughtering of an ox by the neighbour in the east is not equal to (the small sacrifice of) the neighbour in the west:"--because the time (in the latter case is more important and fit). "His sincerity receives the blessing:"--good fortune comes on a great scale.

Line 6

上六。濡其首。厉。

The topmost SIX, divided, shows its subject with (even) his head immersed. The position is perilous.

象曰。濡其首厉。何可久也。

"His head is immersed; the position is perilous:"--how could such a state continue long?

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