Hexagram 6
Conflict
Also: Contention, Lawsuit
☰ Heaven over ☵ Water
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. Thus in all affairs 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 goes 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. If by chance you are in the service of a king, seek not works.
One cannot engage in conflict, returns and submits to fate, changes one's attitude, and finds peace in perseverance. Good fortune.
To contend before him brings supreme good fortune.
Even if by chance a leather belt is bestowed on one, by the end of a morning it will have been snatched away three times.
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