頤 → 訟
Hexagram 27: Nourishment → Hexagram 6: Conflict
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 5).
Line 1
初九 舍爾靈龜。觀我朶頤。凶。
Nine at the beginning means: You let your magic tortoise go, And look at me with the corners of your mouth drooping. Misfortune.
Line 2
六二 顛頤。拂經于丘。頤征凶。
Six in the second place means: Turning to the summit for nourishment, Deviating from the path To seek nourishment from the hill. Continuing to do this brings misfortune.
Line 4
六四 顛頤。吉。虎視眈眈。其欲逐逐。无咎。
Six in the fourth place means: Turning to the summit For provision of nourishment Brings good fortune. Spying about with sharp eyes Like a tiger with insatiable craving. No blame.
Line 5
六五 拂經。居貞吉。不可涉大川。
Six in the fifth place means: Turning away from the path. To remain persevering brings good fortune. One should not cross the great water.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
東家凶婦，怒其公姑。毀柈破盆，棄其飯飱。使吾困貧。
The fierce wife of the eastern house rages at her parents-in-law. She smashes plates and breaks basins; casts away their meals. She leaves us destitute and poor.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Mountain over thunder, the careful jaws, gives way to heaven and water pulling apart in conflict. The eastern neighbor's vicious wife rages at her parents-in-law, smashing plates and breaking basins, discarding the family's food and leaving the household destitute. Every element connects to nourishment perverted: the vessels that hold food are shattered, the meals themselves are thrown away, and the result is poverty. The wife who should nourish the family instead destroys its sustenance. From Nourishment to Conflict, the transformation is visceral. When the mouth that should feed instead spews anger, the entire household economy collapses into litigation and ruin.
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