63. 既濟 After Completion

既濟：亨，小利貞，初吉終亂。

Jì jì: Hēng, xiǎo lì zhēn, chū jí zhōng luàn.

Success in small things. Favorable perseverance. Good fortune at the start, disorder at the end.

既濟：亨，小利貞，初吉終亂。

初九：曳其輪，濡其尾，无咎。

Chū jiǔ: Yè qí lún, rú qí wěi, wú jiù.

First line: He brakes his wheels and wets his tail. No blame.

初九：曳其輪，濡其尾，无咎。

六二：婦喪其茀，勿逐，七日得。

Liù èr: Fù sàng qí fú, wù zhú, qī rì dé.

Second line: The woman loses her carriage curtain. Do not chase it; in seven days it is regained.

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。

Jiǔ sān: Gāo zōng fá guǐ fāng, sān nián kè zhī, xiǎo rén wù yòng.

Third line: Gaozong attacks the Demon Land; after three years he conquers it. Do not employ petty people.

九三：高宗伐鬼方，三年克之，小人勿用。

六四：繻有衣袽，終日戒。

Liù sì: Xū yǒu yī rú, zhōng rì jiè.

Fourth line: Fine silk turns to rags; be on guard all day.

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。

Jiǔ wǔ: Dōng lín shā niú, bù rú xī lín zhī yuè jì, shí shòu qí fú.

Fifth line: The eastern neighbor's slaughtered ox is not equal to the western neighbor's simple offering, which truly receives the blessing.

九五：東鄰殺牛，不如西鄰之禴祭，實受其福。

上六：濡其首，厲。

Shàng liù: Rú qí shǒu, lì.

Top line: He wets his head. Danger.

上六：濡其首，厲。