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title: 水火既済 — After Completion (Hexagram 63)
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# 水火既済 · After Completion — Hexagram 63

Hexagram 63 of the I Ching is 水火既済 (After Completion). After Completion — the work is done. Good at the start, disorder at the end. Be as careful at the close as at the opening. Greatest caution is needed after success.

## Work / Relationships / Health

- **Work**: A time of completion and harvest; do not relax.
- **Relationships**: The challenge lies after the union.
- **Health**: Beware relapse and aftereffects.

## Structure

- Number: 63
- Name: 水火既済
- English: After Completion
- Romaji: sui-ka-kisei
- Pinyin: jì jì
- Upper: 水 (Water)
- Lower: 火 (Fire)
- Lines (top to bottom):

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## Questions about this hexagram

### What does hexagram 63 (水火既済) mean?

After Completion — the work is done. Good at the start, disorder at the end. Be as careful at the close as at the opening.

### What does 水火既済 counsel?

Greatest caution is needed after success.

### What does 水火既済 say about work?

A time of completion and harvest; do not relax.

### What does 水火既済 say about relationships?

The challenge lies after the union.

### What does 水火既済 say about health?

Beware relapse and aftereffects.

### Which trigrams make up hexagram 63?

Upper trigram 水 (Water) over lower trigram 火 (Fire).


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