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HEXAGRAM 63 – Chi Chi – After Completion

Above    K’AN    THE ABYSMAL, WATER

Below    Li    THE CLINGING, FIRE

This hexagram is the evolution of T’ai, PEACE (11).

• The transition from confusion to order is completed,
  

and

• everything is in its proper place even in particulars.
  

• The strong lines are in the strong places,
  
• the weak lines in the weak places.
  

• This is a very favorable outlook,
  

yet

• it gives reason for thought.
  

For

• it is just when perfect equilibrium has been reached
  

that

• any movement may cause order to revert to disorder.
  

The one strong line that

has moved to the top,

thus

effecting complete order in details,

• is followed by the other lines,
  

  each moving according to its nature,
  

and thus suddenly

• there arises again the hexagram P’i, STANDSTILL (12).
  

Hence

the present hexagram

• indicates the conditions of a time of climax,
  

which

• necessitate the utmost caution.
  

 

THE JUDGMENT

AFTER COMPLETION.

Success in small matters.

Perseverance furthers.

• At the beginning good fortune,
  
• At the end disorder.
  

The transition from the old to the new time

is already accomplished.

In principle,

everything stands systematized,

and

it is only in regard to details

that

success is still to be achieved.

In respect to this, however,

we must be careful to maintain the right attitude.

• Everything proceeds as if of its own accord,
  

and

• this can all too easily tempt us to
  

  relax and let things take their course
  

  without troubling over details.
  

Such indifference is the root of all evil.

Symptoms of decay are bound to be the result.

Here

we have

• the rule indicating the usual course of history.
  

But

• this rule is not an inescapable law.
  

He who understands it

is in position to avoid its effects by dint of

• unremitting perseverance
  

and

• caution.
  

 

THE IMAGE

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.
  

When

water in a kettle hangs over fire,

the two elements

• stand in relation
  

and thus

• generate energy
  

(cf. the production of steam).

But

the resulting tension demands caution.

If

the water boils over,

• the fire is extinguished
  

and

• its energy is lost.
  

If

the heat is too great,

• the water evaporates into the air.
  

These elements here

• brought into relation
  

and thus

• generating energy
  

are by nature hostile to each other.

Only the most extreme caution can prevent damage.

In life too there are junctures when

• all forces are in balance
  

and

• work in harmony,
  

so that

everything seems to be in the best of order.

In such times only

the sage

• recognizes the moments that bode danger
  

and

• knows how to banish it by means of timely precautions.
  

 

THE LINES

 

Nine at the beginning means:

He brakes his wheels.

He gets his tail in the water.

No blame.

In times following a great transition,

everything

• is pressing forward,
  
• striving in the direction of development and progress.
  

But

this pressing forward at the beginning

• is not good;
  

it

• overshoots the mark
  

and

• leads with certainty to loss and collapse.
  

Therefore

a man of strong character

• does not allow himself to be infected by the general intoxication
  

but

• checks his course in time.
  

He

• may indeed not remain altogether untouched
  

  by the disastrous consequences of the general pressure,
  

but

he

• is hit only from behind
  

  like a fox that, having crossed the water,
  

  at the last minute gets its tail wet.
  

He

• will not suffer any real harm,
  

  because his behavior has been correct.
  

 

Six in the second place means:

The woman loses the curtain of her carriage.

Do not run after it;

On the seventh day you will get it.

When

• a woman drove out in her carriage,
  
• she had a curtain that hid her from the glances of the curious.
  

It was regarded as a breach of propriety to drive on

if this curtain was lost.

Applied to public life,

this means that

a man who wants to achieve something

is not receiving that confidence of the authorities

which he needs, so to speak, for his personal protection.

Especially in times “after completion” it may happen that

those who have come to power

• grow arrogant and conceited
  

and

• no longer trouble themselves about fostering new talent.
  

This as a rule results in office seeking.

If

• a man’s superiors withhold their trust from him,
  
• he will seek ways and means
  
  • of getting it
    

  and
  

  • of drawing attention to himself.
    

We are warned against such an unworthy procedure:

“Do not seek it.”

• Do not throw yourself away on the world,
  

but

• wait tranquilly
  

  and
  

• develop your personal worth by your own efforts.
  

Times change.

When

• the six stages of the hexagram have passed,
  
• the new era dawns.
  

• That which is a man’s own cannot be permanently lost.
  
• It comes to him of its own accord.
  

He need only be able to wait.

 

Nine in the fifth place means:

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.

Religious attitudes are likewise influenced

by the spiritual atmosphere prevailing in times after completion.

In divine worship

the simple old forms are replaced by

• an ever more elaborate ritual
  

and

• an ever greater outward display.
  

But

• inner seriousness
  
  • is lacking in this show of magnificence;
    
• human caprice
  
  • takes the place of conscientious obedience to the divine will.
    

However, while

• man sees what is before his eyes,
  
• God looks into the heart.
  

Therefore

• a simple sacrifice offered with real piety
  

holds a greater blessing than

• an impressive service without warmth.
  

 

 

MOVING HEXAGRAM

 

 

Hexagram 46 – Sheng – Pushing Upward

Above    K’UN    THE RECEPTIVE, EARTH

Below    SUN    THE GENTLE, WIND, WOOD

• The lower trigram, Sun, represents wood, and
  
• the upper, K’un, means the earth.
  

Linked with this is the idea that wood in the earth grows upward.

In contrast to the meaning of Chin, PROGRESS (35),

this pushing upward is associated with effort,

just as a plant needs energy for pushing upward through the earth.

That is why this hexagram, although it is connected with success, is associated with effort of the will.

• In PROGRESS the emphasis is on expansion;
  
• PUSHING UPWARD indicates rather a vertical ascent – direct rise
  
  • from obscurity and lowliness
    
  • to power and influence.
    

 

THE JUDGMENT

PUSHING UPWARD

has supreme success.

One must see the great man.

Fear not.

Departure toward the south

Brings good fortune.

The pushing upward of the good elements

• encounters no obstruction and
  
• is therefore accompanied by great success.
  

The pushing upward is made possible

• not by violence
  
• but by modesty and adaptability.
  

Since the individual is borne along by the propitiousness of the time,

he advances.

He must go to see authoritative people.

He need not be afraid to do this, because success is assured.

But

he must set to work, for activity (this is the meaning of “the south”) brings good fortune.

 

THE IMAGE

Within the earth, wood grows: The image of PUSHING UPWARD.

Thus the superior man of devoted character

Heaps up small things

In order to achieve something high and great.

• Adapting itself to obstacles and bending around them,
  

  wood in the earth grows upward without haste and without rest.
  

Thus too

• the superior man
  
  • is devoted in character and
    
  • never pauses in his progress.
    

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