訟 → 大壯
Hexagram 6: Conflict → Hexagram 34: Great Power
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 5, 6).
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.
Line 6
上九 或錫之鞶帶。終朝三褫之。
Nine at the top means: 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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
處高不傷，雖危不亡。握珠懷玉，還歸其鄉。
Dwelling in heights, unharmed; though perilous, not perishing. Clutching pearls, embracing jade; returning home to his village.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Heaven and water oppose, but the one who dwells in high places is not harmed — though the position is perilous, destruction does not come. Clasping pearls and embracing jade, the traveler returns safely home. The verse affirms that intrinsic worth provides its own protection. From Conflict to Great Power, thunder rumbles above heaven, yang at its most vigorous. Dazhuang's image is overwhelming strength that must be governed by propriety: 'The noble one does not tread where ritual forbids.' The one who survives the heights does so not by aggression but by holding fast to what is precious and knowing when to descend. Great Power, properly wielded, carries its bearer home rather than driving further into danger.
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