Hexagram:Opposition Hexagram:After Completion

I Ching Transformation

38
Opposition
Kui
Fire / Lake
63
After Completion
Ji Ji
Water / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire Wateryin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramLake Firejoyous to clinging

Yilin Verse

先易後否,告我利市。騷蘇自苦,思吾故止。

First ease, then hardship; it tells me the market is profitable. Restless and bitter of its own accord; yet I reflect, and therefore I stop.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 38 (Opposition) to hexagram 63 (After Completion). In the I Ching, when a reading produces changing lines, the hexagram transforms into another hexagram, providing guidance for both the current situation and its eventual evolution.