解 → 訟
Hexagram 40: Deliverance → Hexagram 6: Conflict
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 5, 6).
Line 5
六五 君子維有解。吉。有孚于小人。
Six in the fifth place means: If only the superior man can deliver himself, It brings good fortune. Thus he proves to inferior men that he is in earnest.
Line 6
上六 公用射隼于高墉之上。獲之无不利。
Six at the top means: The prince shoots at a hawk on a high wall. He kills it. Everything serves to further.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
入門大喜，上堂見母。妻子俱在，兄弟饒友。
Entering the gate, great joy; ascending the hall, he sees his mother. Wife and children all present; brothers and friends abound.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder over water dissolves all estrangement, and a joyful homecoming unfolds. Entering the gate brings great delight; ascending the hall, one sees one's mother. Wife and children are all present; brothers gather as friends. Every bond that crisis strained is now restored. The verse is a pure image of reunion — no historical allusion, just the elemental relief of a family made whole again. From Deliverance to Conflict, the transformation carries a quiet warning: heaven and water move in contrary directions, and this present harmony exists against a structural tension. Savor the reunion, for the forces that separated this family have not vanished — they have merely paused.
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