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63 After Completion
Correct Sequencing

In a context of guidance we utilise control.

"CHI CHI -

CHI : completed, done; has occured; past tense of not-yet, WEI..

CHI : cross a river at a ford or shallow place; overcome an obstacle, embark on a course of action; help, relieve, cease. The ideogram: water and level, running smooth over a flat bottom."
ERANOS p656

Image :

"[With guidance comes overcoming(control) : Sequencing]. One remembers distress and prepares for it in the future."

Class: Integrating

Commentary :

Cooperative format : In hexagram 63 we find the successful end of a journey masks the beginning of another. The mask of completion helps memory to distinguish events and some form of guide is useful for the new dangers ahead. The emphasis is on 'correctness' and completion.

In the image, although one has completed a path, one recollects the bad times and is determined to be ready for them next time; the overall emphasis is getting things done in the correct order for completion.

Oppositional format : water against fire.

Template/Persona format : Contractive bounding in a context of expansive bounding. Control (preservation/conservation) in a context of guidance.

Five-Phase Relationships : The trigram of Fire reflects Distribution. The trigram of Water reflects Consumption. Distribution through consumption represents completion.

Hexagram 63 is the general expression of of the particular described by hexagram 35.

Goal of 63 - hexagram 39 (or 'how do I 39? - 63' How do I obstruct things? Through assertions of begin/end, correct sequencing, closure)

63 is the goal of 48 (or 'how do I 63? - 48' How do I assert begin/end (and so completions)? Through establishing a foundation upon which to build)

Extended Commentary

The raw context from which the situation derives is described by hexagram 37 (rigid structure). The raw base line is described by analogy with hexagram 53 maturing/gradual developing. It passes through hexagram 22 Fascading before reaching here.

Pair 63/64

Root Vertical Binary

Quality Matrix

Root Horizontal Binary

Balance Matrix

63 39 05 48 03 08 60 29

37 53 09 57 42 20 61 59

64 40 06 47 04 07 59 29

64 40 06 47 04 07 59 29

49 31 43 28 17 45 58 47

13 33 01 44 25 12 10 06

50 32 44 28 16 46 57 48

50 32 44 28 16 46 57 48

36 15 11 46 24 02 19 07

22 52 26 18 27 23 41 04

35 16 12 45 23 02 20 08

35 16 12 45 23 02 20 08

55 62 34 32 51 16 54 40

30 56 14 50 21 35 38 64

56 62 33 31 52 15 53 39

56 62 33 31 52 15 53 39

37 53 09 57 42 20 61 59

63 39 05 48 03 08 60 29

38 54 10 58 41 19 61 60

60 61 19 41 58 10 54 38

13 33 01 44 25 12 10 06

49 31 43 28 17 45 58 47

14 34 01 43 26 11 09 05

05 09 11 26 43 01 34 14

22 52 26 18 27 23 41 04

36 15 11 46 24 02 19 07

21 51 25 17 27 24 42 03

03 42 24 27 17 25 51 21

30 56 14 50 21 35 38 64

55 62 34 32 51 16 54 40

30 55 13 49 22 36 37 63

63 37 36 22 49 13 55 30

Above.

The Traditional Single Changing Line Comments:
Line 1 -
"[Tentative steps as one tests the water] Without fault. OR [youthful excitement] causes on to brake too soon. One's tail gets wet. No harm in this." [youthful folly]
Line 2 -
"A wife loses her veil. Do not pursue it. [After completion] she gets it back." [Do not chase after things. Compromise. That which one has lost in this state(level of refinement) can eventually be got back in the next state].
Line 3 -
"It took The [ancient emperor], without the use of the common people, three years to subjugate [the population]." [Upon completion, relief]
Line 4 -
"[There are two sides to a situation]. Wearing clothes in tatters. At the end of the day [upon completion], alarm." [ One has only seen what one wants. Upon completion we see the other side and are alarmed that it exists at all]
Line 5 -
"[Although spiritual offerings may differ in size] they both get the same blessing." [To (spritually?) progress one need not go for the biggest and the best. It is the intention that matters most.]
Line 6 -
Soaking one's head. Danger. [ One gets too carried away with one's success (refinement completed); almost drowning in it.]
Transformative methods

By introducing this hexagram as context, you can change a state described by any other hexagram into a state described by hexagram 37. To make a state associated with another hexagram transform into this state, introduce hexagram 37 as context.

Introducing a context of completion and 'correctness' leads to the emergence of rigid structuring where everything has its place. Reciprocally, introducing a context of rigid structuring will lead to the emergence of an emphasis on correctness and completion, on closure.

It is important to remember that, when using transformative methods, the more lines requiring change, the more energy required when attempting to introduce a different context. It may therefore be of benefit to work on existing changing lines and achieve your goal in steps rather than attempt, for example, a six-line change all at once.

Context as Push

To 'go with the flow', any hexagram that is changing into hexagram 64 reflects an influence of 63 on that hexagram in that the 'flow' is in hexagram 63 and as such this reflects the need to adapt to that flow and so take-on the properties and methods of 63.

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