Conflict 讼
Upper: Heaven · Lower: Water
Judgment
“Conflict. You are sincere but blocked. Halfway — good fortune. Going all the way — misfortune.”
讼：有孚，窒。惕中吉。终凶。利见大人，不利涉大川。
Hexagram Structure
Heaven over Water
The Image
Heaven and Water go in opposite directions — Conflict. The superior person plans carefully before acting.
天与水违行，讼；君子以作事谋始。
The Lines
Line 1
Conflict does not persist. Small talk — the end is good fortune.
初六：不永所事，小有言，终吉。
Line 2
Cannot engage in conflict. Return and flee. Good fortune.
九二：不克讼，归而逋，其邑人三百户，无眚。
Line 3
Living on past virtue — danger, but good fortune in the end.
六三：食旧德，贞厉，终吉，或从王事，无成。
Line 4
Cannot engage in conflict. Return to your path. Good fortune.
九四：不克讼，复即命，渝安贞，吉。
Line 5
Conflict before the judge — supreme good fortune.
九五：讼元吉。
Line 6
Even if you win the conflict, you will be attacked three times. Misfortune.
上九：或锡之鞶带，终朝三褫之。
Opposite Hexagram
When all lines are flipped — a mirror perspective on this energy.
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