訟 → 家人
Hexagram 6: Conflict → Hexagram 37: The Family
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4).
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 2
九二 不克訟。歸而逋其邑。人三百戶。无眚。
Nine in the second place means: One cannot engage in conflict; One returns home, gives way. The people of his town, Three hundred households, Remain free of guilt.
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 4
九四 不克訟。復即命。渝安貞。吉。
Nine in the fourth place means: One cannot engage in conflict. One turns back and submits to fate, Changes one's attitude, And finds peace in perseverance. Good fortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
戴堯扶禹，松喬彭祖。西遇王母，道路夷易，無敢難者。
Upholding Yao, supporting Yu; Song Qiao and Peng Zu. Meeting the Queen Mother in the west; the road is smooth and easy, none dare make it difficult.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Heaven and water oppose, but here the traveler walks under supreme protection. Bearing the legacy of Yao and supporting Yu's work, accompanied by the immortals Chisongzi, Wang Qiao, and Pengzu — paragons of eternal life — one journeys west to meet the Queen Mother of the West. The road is smooth and easy; nothing dares obstruct the way. From Conflict to The Family, wind emerges from fire, warmth radiating outward as household order. The verse gathers every symbol of blessing — sage governance, immortal longevity, divine patronage — and places them within the family's protective circle. When the household embodies virtue at this scale, no external conflict can breach it.
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