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Hexagram 63 · Jì Jì ䷾
Hexagram 63 · Jì Jì ䷾ of 69. Read it here for reference, or continue through the entire work without leaving the reader.
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既濟：亨小。利貞。初吉終亂。
初九：曳其輪，濡其尾，无咎。
六二：婦喪其茀，勿逐，七日得。
九三：高宗伐鬼方，三年克之，小人勿用。
六四：繻有衣袽，終日戒。
九五：東鄰殺牛，不如西鄰之禴祭，實受其福。
上六：濡其首，厲。
彖曰：既濟，亨，小者亨也。利貞，剛柔正而位當也。初吉，柔得中也。終止則亂，其道窮也。
象曰：水在火上，既濟；君子以思患而豫防之。
曳其輪，義无咎也。
七日得，以中道也。
三年克之，憊也。
終日戒，有所疑也。
東鄰殺牛，不如西鄰之時也；實受其福，吉大來也。
濡其首厲，何可久也。
Musean translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from the classical Chinese, passage for passage, covering all 64 hexagrams with their judgments, line statements and attached commentaries, and the remaining Wings (the Great Commentary, the Discussion of the Trigrams, the Sequence and the Contrasts of the Hexagrams), 1,204 passages in all.
Ji-ji (After Completion): Success in small matters. Steadfastness is favorable. Good fortune at first; disorder at the end.
Nine at the beginning: Dragging the wheels, wetting the tail. No blame.
Six in the second place: A woman loses the screen from her carriage. Do not pursue it; she recovers it in seven days.
Nine in the third place: Gao Zong attacked the Ghost Country and subdued it in three years. Do not employ petty persons.
Six in the fourth place: The fine cloth has rags for patching. Be on guard all day.
Nine in the fifth place: The eastern neighbor slaughters an ox, but this is not as good as the western neighbor's summer sacrifice: the latter truly receives the blessing.
Six at the top: Wetting the head. Danger.
The Judgment Commentary says: Ji-ji succeeds: small things succeed. Steadfastness is favorable because firm and yielding are correctly placed in fitting positions. Good fortune at first, for the yielding attains the center; if one stops at the end, disorder follows, for the way has reached its limit.
The Image Commentary says: Water above fire: Ji-ji. Thus the noble person thinks of calamity and prepares to prevent it.
Dragging the wheels: by right there is no blame.
Recovery in seven days follows the middle way.
Subduing them in three years brings exhaustion.
Being on guard all day: there is cause for suspicion.
The eastern neighbor's slaughter of an ox is not as fittingly timed as the western neighbor's offering. Truly receiving the blessing: great good fortune arrives.
Wetting the head brings danger: how could this endure?
Plain English translation
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from the classical Chinese, covering all 64 hexagrams with their judgments, line statements and attached commentaries, and the remaining Wings (the Great Commentary, the Discussion of the Trigrams, the Sequence and the Contrasts of the Hexagrams), 1,204 passages in all.
Jiji (Already Across): Success in small matters. Staying the course is favorable. Good fortune at first, disorder at the end.
Nine at the beginning: He drags his wheels and gets his tail wet. No blame.
Six in the second place: A woman loses her carriage curtain. Do not chase it; she will recover it in seven days.
Nine in the third place: King Gaozong attacked the Gui Fang people and defeated them in three years. Do not employ petty people.
Six in the fourth place: The fine cloth has rags to stop its leaks. Be on guard all day.
Nine in the fifth place: The eastern neighbor kills an ox, but this is not as good as the western neighbor's simple spring sacrifice, which truly receives the blessing.
Six at the top: He gets his head wet. Danger.
The Judgment Commentary says: Jiji (Already Across) means success in small matters. Staying the course is favorable because firm and yielding are in their proper positions. Good fortune at first comes because the yielding reaches the middle. If one stops at the end, disorder comes because the way has reached its limit.
The Image Commentary says: Water above fire: this is Jiji (Already Across). So the noble person thinks about dangers and prepares against them.
Dragging the wheels rightly brings no blame.
She recovers it in seven days because she follows the middle way.
Defeating them in three years is exhausting.
Being on guard all day means there is something to be wary of.
The eastern neighbor kills an ox, but its timing is not as good as the western neighbor's. Truly receiving the blessing means great good fortune arrives.
Getting his head wet is dangerous; how could he last long?