6-1 天水訟 / ﾃﾝｽｲｼｮｳ / Conflict【原文】

卦辞（THE JUDGMENT)

訟、有孚窒。惕中吉、終凶。利見大人。不利渉大川。

CONFLICT. You are sincere

And cautious being obstructed.

A cautious halt halfway brings good fortune.

Going through to the end brings misfortune.

It furthers one to see the great man.

It does not further one to cross the great water.

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彖伝（THE EXPLAINING）

彖曰、訟上剛下険。険而健訟。

訟有孚窒、惕中吉、剛来而得中也。

終凶、訟不可成也。

利見大人、尚中正也。

不利渉大川、入于淵也。

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象伝（THE IMAGE）

象曰、天与水違行訟。君子以作事謀始。

Heaven and water go their opposite ways:

The image of CONFLICT.

Thus in all his transactions the superior man

Carefully considers the beginning.

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爻辞（THE LINE）

初六。不永所事、小有言、終吉。

象曰、不永所事、訟不可長也。

雖小有言、其辯明也。

Six at the beginning means:

If one does not perpetuate the affair,

There is a little gossip.

In the end, good fortune comes.

九二。不克訟。帰而逋。其邑人三百戸、无眚。

象曰、不克訟、帰逋竄也。自下訟上、患至掇也。

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.

六三。食舊徳。貞応終吉。或従王、无成。

象曰、食舊徳、従上吉也。

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.

九四。不克訟。復即命、渝安貞吉。

象曰、復即命、渝安貞、不失也。

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.

九五。訟、元吉。

象曰、訟元吉、以中正也。

Nine in the fifth place means:

To contend before him

Brings supreme good fortune.

上九。或錫之鞶帯、終朝三褫之。

象曰、以訟受服、亦不足敬也。

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.