Song (Conflict) (天水訟)
Upper: ☰ Qian (乾) (Heaven) · Lower: ☵ Kan (坎) (Water)
📊 Binary Architecture & The Six Lines
📜 The Judgment (卦辭 / Guaci)
Heed caution in disputes. Moderate compromise brings good fortune; pressing conflict to bitter extremes invites downfall.
🧭 The Image (大象傳 / Da Xiang) & Archetypal Conduct
Heaven and water go their opposite ways: The image of Conflict. Thus the superior man reflects upon the beginning in all transactions.
📖 The Lines (爻辭 / Yaoci)
- Line 1 初六Bottom line (1st) · Yin不永所事，小有言，終吉。Not prolonging the matter; some gossip, but good fortune in the end.
- Line 2 九二2nd line · Yang不克訟，歸而逋，其邑人三百戶無眚。Unable to win the lawsuit, he returns home and flees; his town of three hundred households suffers no harm.
- Line 3 六三3rd line · Yin食舊德，貞厲，終吉。或從王事，無成。Living on ancient virtue; steadfast though in peril, in the end good fortune. If serving the king, no accomplishment.
- Line 4 九四4th line · Yang不克訟，復即命渝，安貞吉。Unable to win, he returns and submits to the ruling and changes his mind; settled and steadfast: good fortune.
- Line 5 九五5th line · Yang訟，元吉。In litigation, supreme good fortune.
- Line 6 上九Top line (6th) · Yang或錫之鞶帶，終朝三褫之。Perhaps awarded a leather belt, yet stripped of it three times before the morning ends.
Original line texts are transcribed from Wikisource (周易). The English renderings are literal working drafts under editorial review and may change.
✨ Practical Discernment & Life Guidance
Document contracts meticulously and settle disputes through peaceful negotiation rather than prolonged litigation.
Choose compromise and mutual understanding over adversarial legal battles.
Minimize ongoing losses promptly and resolve contentious financial disputes early.