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Hexagram 63 After Completion
Expression Jì Jì intimates progress and success in small matters. There will be advantage in being firm and correct. There has been good fortune in the beginning; there may be disorder in the end.
Judgement After Completion. Success in small matters. Perseverance furthers. At the beginning good fortune, At the end disorder.
Image Water over fire. Image of the condition In After Completion. Thus the superior man Takes thought of misfortune And arms himself against it in advance.
66
      Expression: He gets his head in the water. Danger.
Image: 'His head is immersed; the position is perilous:'--how could such a state continue long?
95
  Expression: 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..
Image: 'The slaughtering of an ox by the neighbour in the east is not equal to (the small sacrifice of) the neighbour in the west:'--because the time (in the latter case is more important and fit). 'His sincerity receives the blessing:'--good fortune comes on a great scale.
64
      Expression: The finest clothes turn to rags. Be careful all day long.
Image: 'He is on his guard all the day:'--he is in doubt about something.
93
  Expression: The Illustrious Ancestor disciplines the Devil's Country. After three years he conquers it. Inferior people must not be employed.
Image: 'He was three years in subduing it:'--enough to make him weary.
62
      Expression: The woman loses the curtain of her carriage. Do not run after it; On the seventh day you will get it.
Image: 'In seven days she will find it:'--for the course pursued is that indicated by the central position (of the line).
19
  Expression: He brakes his wheels. He gets his tail in the water. No blame.
Image: 'He drags back his wheel:'--as we may rightly judge, there will be no mistake.