6. 訟 Conflict

訟：有孚，窒。惕中吉。終凶。利見大人，不利涉大川。

Sòng: Yǒu fú, zhì. Tì zhōng jí. Zhōng xiōng. Lì jiàn dà rén, bù lì shè dà chuān.

There is sincerity, but it is obstructed. Caution midway brings good fortune; pressing to the end brings misfortune. Favorable to see the great man; not favorable to cross the great river.

訟：有孚，窒。惕中吉。終凶。利見大人，不利涉大川。

初六：不永所事，小有言，終吉。

Chū liù: Bù yǒng suǒ shì, xiǎo yǒu yán, zhōng jí.

First line: Not prolonging the matter. Some gossip, but good fortune in the end.

初六：不永所事，小有言，終吉。

九二：不克訟，歸而逋，其邑人三百戶，无眚。

Jiǔ èr: Bù kè sòng, guī ér bū, qí yì rén sān bǎi hù, wú shěng.

Second line: Unable to win the dispute, he returns home and withdraws. The three hundred households of his town are spared harm.

九二：不克訟，歸而逋，其邑人三百戶，无眚。

六三：食舊德，貞厲，終吉，或從王事，无成。

Liù sān: Shí jiù dé, zhēn lì, zhōng jí, huò cóng wáng shì, wú chéng.

Third line: Living on old virtue. Perseverance amid danger; good fortune in the end. If serving the king, no achievement.

六三：食舊德，貞厲，終吉，或從王事，无成。

九四：不克訟，復即命渝，安貞吉。

Jiǔ sì: Bù kè sòng, fù jí mìng yú, ān zhēn jí.

Fourth line: Unable to win the dispute, he turns back, accepts his lot and changes. Quiet perseverance brings good fortune.

九四：不克訟，復即命渝，安貞吉。

九五：訟元吉。

Jiǔ wǔ: Sòng yuán jí.

Fifth line: Dispute: supreme good fortune.

九五：訟元吉。

上九：或錫之鞶帶，終朝三褫之。

Shàng jiǔ: Huò xī zhī pán dài, zhōng cháo sān chǐ zhī.

Top line: Perhaps awarded a leather belt, it is stripped away three times before the morning ends.

上九：或錫之鞶帶，終朝三褫之。