Hexagram 63 · ䷾
After Completion. Success in small matters. Perseverance furthers. At the beginning good fortune, at the end disorder.
Judgment
After Completion. Success in small matters. Perseverance furthers. At the beginning good fortune, at the end disorder.
Image
Water over fire represents After Completion. The noble person takes thought of misfortune and arms himself against it in advance.
Lines
He brakes his wheels. He gets his 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...
After Completion. Success in small matters. Perseverance furthers. At the beginning good fortune, at the end disorder.
After Completion. Success in small matters. Perseverance furthers. At the beginning good fortune, at the end disorder.
After Completion means success in small matters. Perseverance furthers, because the hard and the soft are correct and in their places. At the beginning good fortune, because the yielding is in the middle. At the end disorder, because the way comes to an end.
After Completion means success in small matters. Perseverance furthers because the hard and soft are correct and each is in its proper place. At first there is good fortune because the yielding attains the center. In the end there is disorder because the course runs to its limit.
Water over fire: the image of After Completion. The noble person takes thought of misfortune and arms himself against it in advance.
Water over fire represents After Completion. The noble person takes thought of misfortune and arms himself against it in advance.
He brakes his wheels. He gets his tail in the water. No blame.
He brakes his wheels. He gets his tail in the water. No blame.
Small Image
He gets his tail in the water: his mind is not yet clear.
Getting tail in water means mind is not yet clear.
The woman loses the curtain of her carriage. Do not run after it; on the seventh day you will get it.
The woman loses the curtain of her carriage. Do not run after it; on the seventh day you will get it.
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On the seventh day you will get it: he follows the middle way.
Getting it on seventh day means following the middle way.
The Illustrious Ancestor disciplines the Devil's Country. After three years he conquers it. Inferior people must not be employed.
The Illustrious Ancestor disciplines the Devil's Country. After three years he conquers it. Inferior people must not be employed.
Small Image
After three years he conquers it: he is exhausted.
Conquering after three years means he is exhausted.
The finest clothes turn to rags. Be careful all day long.
The finest clothes turn to rags. Be careful all day long.
Small Image
The finest clothes turn to rags: he is careful all day long.
Finest clothes turning to rags means being careful all day.
The neighbor in the east who slaughters an ox does not attain as much real happiness as the neighbor in the west with his small offering.
The neighbor in the east who slaughters an ox does not attain as much real happiness as the neighbor in the west with his small offering.
Small Image
The neighbor in the east who slaughters an ox: he is not as well off as the neighbor in the west. The latter receives the blessing of reality.
Slaughtering ox not as good as small offering means latter receives blessing of reality.
He gets his head in the water. Danger.
He gets his head in the water. Danger.
Small Image
He gets his head in the water: how could this continue for long?
Getting head in water means how could this continue long?
What does Chi Chi / After Completion mean in the I Ching?
After Completion. Success in small matters. Perseverance furthers. At the beginning good fortune, at the end disorder.
How should I study Hexagram 63 on this page?
Start with the judgment and image, then read the line statements in sequence. He brakes his wheels. He gets his 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...
How can this hexagram be applied in a modern reading?
After Completion means success in small matters. Perseverance furthers because the hard and soft are correct and each is in its proper place. At first there is good fortune because the yielding attains the center. In the...
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