Hexagram 63 · line 4
After Completion
既濟Jì Jì
Rags are at hand for a leaking boat. Remain on guard throughout the day.
Line statement
六四
繻有衣袽，終日戒。
Rags are at hand for a leaking boat. Remain on guard throughout the day.
In the traditional boat reading, rags are kept ready to stop leaks, and vigilance lasts all day. Changing Line 4 makes Lake above Fire, Hexagram 49. Preventive care and a change of established order are separate themes to compare.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- outer · base
Line 4 is the base of the outer trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yin in an even place: aligned
Its yin polarity matches the traditional even-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 1: responsive
Its counterpart is Line 1; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.
One line changes