Hexagram 6
訟 Sòng
Conflict
乾
Qian — Creative
Heaven · Father
坎
Kan — Abysmal
Water · Middle Son
Conflict. You are sincere and are being obstructed. A cautious halt halfway brings good fortune. Going through to the end brings misfortune. It furthers one to see the great person. It does not further one to cross the great water.
Heaven and water go their opposite ways: the image of Conflict. Thus in all transactions the superior person carefully considers the beginning.
If one does not perpetuate the affair, there is a little gossip. In the end, good fortune comes.
One cannot engage in conflict; one returns home, gives way. The people of the town, three hundred households, remain free of guilt.
To nourish oneself on ancient virtue induces perseverance. Danger. In the end, good fortune comes.
One cannot engage in conflict. One turns back and submits to fate, changes one's attitude, and finds peace in perseverance. Good fortune.
To contend before the great person brings supreme good fortune.
Even if by chance a leather belt is bestowed, by the end of a morning it will have been snatched away three times.