I Ching · #63
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After Completion
水火既濟
completion
vigilance
maintenance
The Judgment
既濟,亨小,利貞,初吉終亂。
After Completion. Success in small matters. Perseverance furthers. At the beginning fortune, at the end disorder.
The Image
水在火上,既濟;君子以思患而豫防之。
Water over fire: the image of After Completion. Thus the superior person anticipates misfortune and arms against it.
In one line
Completion is the easy part; holding it is the work.
Trigrams
Lower (inner)
☲
Fire
fire · Fire
Upper (outer)
☵
Water
water · Water