Hexagram 63 · line 1

After Completion

既濟Jì Jì

Dragging the wheels, wetting the tail. No fault.

Line statement

初九

曳其輪,濡其尾,无咎。

Dragging the wheels, wetting the tail. No fault.

Dragged wheels and a wet tail restrain movement at Line 1, whose verdict is no fault. Its change makes Mountain below Water, Hexagram 39. Caution after completion and the theme of obstruction can be considered together.

Computed position

How this place works

Trigram position
inner · base

Line 1 is the base of the inner trigram.

Polarity and place
yang in an odd place: aligned

Its yang polarity matches the traditional odd-place convention.

Correspondence
Line 4: responsive

Its counterpart is Line 4; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.

One line changes

Moving to 39 · Obstruction