I Ching reading: Song (Conflict) changing to Pi (Standstill)
Song: Nine in the second place
Unable to win the dispute, he goes home and slips away. His town is one of three hundred households. No harm comes.
不克訟，歸而逋，其邑人三百戶，无眚。
平Neutral
Reading
Neither good nor bad. It depends on how you act.There is a dispute, but fighting it to the end will do you no good.
Governing text · Song: Nine in the second place
In plain wordsYou cannot win this case — the other side is stronger than you. Pull back, keep out of the way, stay in your own small place and live frugally, and no disaster will come.
- 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 second place. The answer is in that line. Neither good nor bad. Do your part, correct mistakes, and nothing will go wrong.
- Where it is heading
- Things are moving toward Pi (Standstill): This is a time when everything is blocked and shut off. It is not a good time to get things done.
- 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: 9 yang (changing) · 3: 8 yin · 4: 7 yang · 5: 7 yang · 6: 7 yang
Line position
Not in its proper place · central · not answered by the fifth line
Second place: the center of the lower trigram, a place of praise. Stay centered and yielding.
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.