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Transformation · lines 1 and 6

After the End becomes Gradual Progress

既濟 63 After the End 漸 53 Gradual Progress
Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

Both ends of the figure move, and they pull in different directions. The top line leads: this is a time of advance, and stopping or retreating, like lingering in the water until your head is wet, brings danger. The first line holds the other end: rushing won't work; a cart held back by its wheels loses nothing, and patience until conditions improve brings results. The resulting hexagram, 53 Gradual Progress, reconciles them: progress comes step by step, through stages that make it stable, and hurrying only brings delays. A tree grows on the mountain, slowly but without stopping. That's the pace to aim for. Keep moving forward, never halting entirely, but don't force speed. One stage at a time, steady and unhurried, is how both lines are honored.

What to read, in order

Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.

  1. Line 6 of 63 After the End

    This is a period of advance: retreating or stopping will bring you trouble.

    Wets its head. Danger.

  2. Line 1 of 63 After the End

    If you try to move ahead too fast, you won't get results. But if you can stop and wait for better conditions, there will be achievements.

    Drags back on its wheels; wets its tail. No fault.

  3. The judgment of 63 After the End

    You're in a situation where you'll have a passing success: everything seems to be in your favor, and at the end comes a period of stagnation. If you prepare for it ahead of time, you'll be able to soften its effects.

    Success in small things. Constancy is favorable. At first, good fortune; in the end, disorder.

  4. The judgment of 53 Gradual Progress

    You'll make progress, and it will come step by step, gradually, through stages that make it lasting and stable. Trying to speed things up will bring delays and obstacles. Keep at it, one rung at a time.

    The woman goes to be married: good fortune. Constancy is favorable.

The trigrams

Below Fire Mountain
Above Water Wind

The way back

53 Gradual Progress → 63 After the End
lines 1 and 6

Other transformations of After the End

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