既濟
Jì Jì · After Completion
Completion is a beginning with the clock already running.
The judgment
既濟：亨，小利貞，初吉終亂。
After completion. Success in small matters if you stay true. Good at the start, disorder at the end: the finished thing is the thing that starts to spoil.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex63.judgment.
The image
象曰：水在火上，既濟。君子以思患而預防之。
Water over fire: after completion. A capable person thinks about trouble and prevents it.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex63.image.
Completion is a beginning with the clock already running.
The six lines
Each line is a stage, from the bottom of the hexagram to the top. Open any line to read it in plain English.
初九 曳其輪，濡其尾，無咎。 Dragging the wheel, wetting the tail. No blame: slow down at the start of the crossing.
Dragging the wheel, wetting the tail. No blame: slow down at the start of the crossing.
六二 婦喪其茀，勿逐，七日得。 The woman loses her carriage curtain. Do not chase it; in seven days it returns.
The woman loses her carriage curtain. Do not chase it; in seven days it returns.
九三 高宗伐鬼方，三年克之，小人勿用。 High Ancestor attacks the Ghost Country and takes three years. Do not use small people: long campaigns need the right hands.
High Ancestor attacks the Ghost Country and takes three years. Do not use small people: long campaigns need the right hands.
六四 繻有衣袽，終日戒。 Fine clothes with rags underneath; alert all day. No blame is not stated: the preparation is the point.
Fine clothes with rags underneath; alert all day. No blame is not stated: the preparation is the point.
九五 東鄰殺牛，不如西鄰之禴祭，實受其福。 The eastern neighbor kills an ox, but the western neighbor's simple offering receives the blessing. The size of the sacrifice is not the measure.
The eastern neighbor kills an ox, but the western neighbor's simple offering receives the blessing. The size of the sacrifice is not the measure.
上六 濡其首，厲。 Wetting the head. Dangerous: at the very end, the water still reaches you.
Wetting the head. Dangerous: at the very end, the water still reaches you.