I Ching reading: Song (Conflict) changing to Huan (Dispersion)
Song: Nine in the fourth place
Unable to win the dispute. Turn back and submit to what is right; change, and calmly stay true. Good fortune.
不克訟，復即命，渝安貞，吉。
吉Favorable
Reading
Yes, go ahead.There is a dispute, but fighting it to the end will do you no good.
Governing text · Song: Nine in the fourth place
In plain wordsYou cannot win the case, so turn around and submit to what is right. Drop the urge to contend, settle down and stay true: good fortune.
- Now
- You are in the middle of a disagreement, a dispute or a contest of wills. You may well be in the right, but this hexagram says: settling partway is good fortune, fighting to the very end is misfortune.
- The key
- Only one line is changing: Nine in the fourth place. The answer is in that line. This text describes a good outcome. Act the way it says and the matter can succeed. The promise has a condition: keep to the right course.
- Where it is heading
- Things are moving toward Huan (Dispersion): People's hearts, or the situation, have scattered and need to be drawn together again.
- What to do
- Quit while you are ahead, and find a fair third party to judge. Don't take big risks at this stage. In the future, when you start something, make the rules clear at the outset.
Read more closely
Which text applies
One changing line: read that line of the primary hexagram.
Your six throws, bottom to top: 1: 8 yin · 2: 7 yang · 3: 8 yin · 4: 9 yang (changing) · 5: 7 yang · 6: 7 yang
Line position
Not in its proper place · answered by the first line
Fourth place: next to the ruler, a place of caution. Serve those above with care.
Verdict words in the text
Nuclear hexagram · Jiaren (The Family)
First put the affairs of the household (your own inner circle) in order.
The nuclear hexagram is formed from the four inner lines. It shows what is going on inside the situation.
Full texts
One who truly knows the Changes does not need to divine. The text is for reflection; what you do is up to you.