坤 → 訟
Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 6: Conflict
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 5, 6).
Line 2
六二 直方大。不習无不利。
Six in the second place means: Straight, square, great. Without purpose, Yet nothing remains unfurthered.
Line 4
六四 括囊。无咎无譽。
Six in the fourth place means: A tied-up sack. No blame, no praise.
Line 5
六五 黃裳。元吉。
Six in the fifth place means: A yellow lower garment brings supreme good fortune.
Line 6
上六 龍戰于野。其血玄黃。
Six at the top means: Dragons fight in the meadow. Their blood is black and yellow.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
天之德室，溫仁受福。衣裳所在，凶惡不起。
Heaven’s hall of virtue; warmth and benevolence receive blessings. Where the ceremonial robes reside, no evil arises.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Earth upon earth gives way to heaven above water — Conflict, yet the verse speaks of peace. Heaven's chamber of virtue shelters with warmth and benevolence, bestowing blessings. Wherever propriety's garments are worn, violence does not arise. The transformation from the Receptive to Conflict seems paradoxical, but the verse addresses the remedy, not the disease: when heaven and water oppose each other, only the steady presence of moral authority prevents dispute from erupting. Kun's earth provides the stable ground on which ritual garments are donned — the outward form of civilized order. From the Receptive to Conflict, the verse prescribes the antidote to contention: dwell in virtue's warmth, and the very conditions that breed strife are forestalled before they ignite.
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