☯️ 既濟 (Jì Jì) - After Completion
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 man takes thought of misfortune and arms himself against it in advance.
Verses
Verse 1
既濟，亨小利貞
jì jì, hēng xiǎo lì zhēn
After Completion. Success in small matters. Perseverance furthers. At the beginning good fortune, at the end disorder.
Verse 2
初九：曳其輪，濡其尾，無咎
chū jiǔ: yè qí lún, rú qí wěi, wú jiù
Nine at the beginning: He brakes his wheels. He gets his tail in the water. No blame.
Verse 3
六二：婦喪其茀，勿逐，七日得
liù èr: fù sàng qí fú, wù zhú, qī rì dé
Six in the second place: The woman loses the curtain of her carriage. Do not run after it; on the seventh day you will get it.
Verse 4
九三：高宗伐鬼方，三年克之
jiǔ sān: gāo zōng fá guǐ fāng, sān nián kè zhī
Nine in the third place: The Illustrious Ancestor disciplines the Devil's Country. After three years he conquers it. Inferior people must not be employed.
Verse 5
六四：繻有衣袽，終日戒
liù sì: xū yǒu yī rú, zhōng rì jiè
Six in the fourth place: The finest clothes turn to rags. Be careful all day long.
Verse 6
九五：東鄰殺牛，不如西鄰之禴祭
jiǔ wǔ: dōng lín shā niú, bù rú xī lín zhī yuè jì
Nine in the fifth place: 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.
Verse 7
上六：濡其首，厲
shàng liù: rú qí shǒu, lì
Six at the top: He gets his head in the water. Danger.