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).

Line 2: 遇主于巷無咎

meeting (with)
zhǔ(a
in
xiàngalley
no
jiùblame

Line 3: 見輿曳其牛掣其人天且劓無初有終

jiànseeing
輿(a
(being) held up
its
niúoxen
chèhindered
its
rénoccupant's
tiānhead shaved (bald to heaven)
qiěand (even
(his
regardless of
chū(a
yǒu(but) there is
zhōng(a

Line 4: 睽孤遇元夫交孚厲無咎

kuíestranged
(and) (all) alone
meet
yuán(a
(gentle)man
jiāoexchange
(in
(the) difficulty
(is) not
jiù(a) wrong(ness)

Line 5: 悔亡厥宗噬膚往何咎

huǐregret(s)
wángpass
juéits
zōngkind
shìeat
(soft
wǎng(in) going
where is
jiù(the) blame

Line 6: 睽孤見豕負塗載鬼一車先張之弧後說之弧匪寇婚媾往遇雨則吉

kuíestranged
(and) (all) alone
jiànseeing
shǐ(a) pig
covered
filth
zàihaul
guǐdemons
(and
chēwagon
xiān(at) first
zhāngstretch
zhīhis
(long)bow
hòu(and
shuōrelaxing
zhīhis
(long)bow
fěiit
kòu(a
hūn(but) (a) marital
gòusuitor
wǎngin going
greet
(the) rain
(and
promising

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.