訟 → 大有
Hexagram 6: Conflict → Hexagram 14: Great Possession
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 5).
Line 1
初六 不永所事。小有言。終吉。
Six at the beginning means: If one does not perpetuate the affair, There is a little gossip. In the end, good fortune comes.
Line 3
六三 食舊德。貞。厲終吉。或從王事。无成。
Six in the third place means: 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.
Line 5
九五 訟。元吉。
Nine in the fifth place means: To contend before him Brings supreme good fortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
尹氏伯奇，父子生離。無罪被辜，長舌所為。
Yin Jifu and Boqi, father and son torn apart. The innocent suffers false guilt; it was the long-tongued one's doing.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Heaven and water oppose, and here the conflict tears apart a family. Yin Jifu's son Boqi is separated from his father — innocent yet accused, the victim of a 'long tongue,' the slanderous stepmother. According to Cai Yong's Qin Cao, Boqi's stepmother framed him for impropriety. His father expelled him to the wilderness, where Boqi composed the lament 'Treading on Frost.' Only when King Xuan heard the song was Boqi's innocence recognized. From Conflict to Great Possession, fire blazes above heaven — truth illuminated at last. Yet the verse dwells on the separation, not the vindication. Great Possession's abundance rings hollow when the bond between father and son has been severed by a poisoned word.
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