Contemporary Interpretation
Slow-ripening insight
bears fruit.
Introspection
[Where do I stand?
What is it about?
Which automatisms do control me?]
Provides clarity.
Slow-ripening
Insight
Bears fruit.
[Hasty action may lead to conflicts with the environment which may feel overwhelmed by the sudden change of mind.
Result: → conflict!]
Follow the Path of the Dao: A Western Approximation
The Hexagram's Inner Trigrams
Upper Trigram: Qian, Heaven
2nd Core Character: Sun, Wind (Tree)
1st Core Character: Li, Fire
Lower Trigram: Kan, Water
The Hexagram's Inner Trigrams in the Context of Yin and Yang
Changes and Impulses
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Conflict (06) means: not to love.
The image
Heaven and water go opposite to each other: the image of conflict. Thus in all his trades the superior man considers the beginning.
The judgement
The conflict. You are truthful and are being restricted. Diligent pausing halfway brings good fortune. Completion brings misfortune. It furthers to see the great man. It does not further to cross the great water.Full text of Richard Wilhelm's 1924 translation by Cary F. Baynes
- Hexagram 5 → hexagram 6 → hexagram 7
- KI2 (A Valley of bright Warm Sunshine)
- Summer
- Five of Wands