訟 → 漸
Hexagram 6: Conflict → Hexagram 53: Development
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4).
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
營室紫宮，堅不可攻。明神建德，君受大福。
The Yingshi Purple Palace; firm and impregnable. Bright spirits establish virtue; the lord receives great fortune.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Heaven and water oppose, but the celestial palaces — Yingshi and the Purple Palace — stand impregnable. The bright spirits establish virtue, and the ruler receives great blessings. Yingshi (營室, Pegasus) is the lunar mansion associated with palace construction and the foundation of cities. The Purple Palace (紫宮) is the Ziwei stellar enclosure surrounding the celestial pole — the emperor's cosmic residence, around which all stars revolve. From Conflict to Development, wind blows through trees on the mountain, growing gradually. Jian's image is slow, organic progress — the wild goose advancing by stages. The impregnable palace was not built in a day; its strength is the accumulation of virtue over time, each brick laid in proper sequence.
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