Hexagram:After Completion →Hexagram:The Caldron
I-Ching Transformation
63
After Completion
Ji Ji
Water / Fire
→
50
The Caldron
Ding
Fire / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 曳其輪濡其尾無咎
曳yìbraking
其qíthose
輪lúnwheels
濡rúsoaking
其qíthat
尾wěitail
無wúno
咎jiùblame
Line 2: 婦喪其茀勿逐七日得
婦fùthe matron
喪sàngloses
其qíher
茀fúveil
勿wùdo not
逐zhúpursue this
七qīthere will be seven
日rìdays
得déto gain
Line 4: 繻有衣袽終日戒
繻xūthe silk jacket
有yǒuis
衣yīworn
袽rúto
終zhōngthroughout
日rìthe day
戒jièbe
Line 5: 東鄰殺牛不如西鄰之禴祭實受其福
東dōngthe eastern
鄰línneighbor
殺shāsacrifices
牛niúcattle
不bùbut
如rúcomparable
西xīthe western
鄰línneighbor
之zhī's
禴yuèmodest
祭jìoffering
實shíthe genuine
受shòuenjoy
其qíthese
福fúblessings
Line 6: 濡其首厲
濡rúsoaking
其qíthat
首shǒuhead
厲lìharsh
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater →Fireyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramFire →Windclinging to gentle
Yilin Verse
祭仲子突，要門逐忽。禍起子商，弟伐其兄，鄭久不昌。
Sacrificer Zhong and Prince Tu block the gate and expel Prince Hu. Calamity rises from Prince Shang; brother attacks brother. Zheng will long fail to flourish.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 63 (After Completion) to hexagram 50 (The Caldron). 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.