Hexagram 63 · line 5
After Completion
既濟Jì Jì
The eastern neighbor's ox sacrifice does not equal the western neighbor's simple offering; the blessing goes to the latter.
Line statement
九五
東鄰殺牛，不如西鄰之禴祭，實受其福。
The eastern neighbor's ox sacrifice does not equal the western neighbor's simple offering; the blessing goes to the latter.
In Line 5, the western neighbor’s modest seasonal offering receives a blessing that the eastern neighbor’s ox sacrifice does not. Its change makes Earth above Fire, Hexagram 36. The contrast places an unshowy rite beside the theme of hidden light.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- outer · center
Line 5 is the center of the outer trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yang in an odd place: aligned
Its yang polarity matches the traditional odd-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 2: responsive
Its counterpart is Line 2; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.
One line changes