What this change means
Four lines move, from the first through the fourth, and the household's fire turns to water beneath heaven: 6 Conflict. When four lines change, the resulting hexagram's still lines guide the reading. The fifth says that if you've acted rightly, whoever has to decide matters that involve you will tend to decide in your favor. The top line warns that insisting on being right at this point will only make you lose. The resulting hexagram itself describes a conflict that action can't solve, where cleverness works better than force and wise counsel helps. For a household built on right relationships, this is a test. Make sure your own conduct is sound, then let the proper people decide. Don't press your case harder than it needs. Seek advice, let events take their course, and resist the urge to win the argument.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 5 of 6 Conflict, which stays still
If you've acted rightly, whoever has to make the decisions that involve you will decide in your favor.
Lawsuit. Great good fortune.
- Line 6 of 6 Conflict, which stays still
Insisting on being right at this moment will only make you lose.
Perhaps a belt of honor is bestowed; before the morning is out, it is stripped away three times.
- The judgment of 37 The Tribe
Right relationships, with everyone in their proper place and fully carrying out their role, will move things forward and make success last. Your words need to match your actions so they come across as genuine.
The constancy of the woman is favorable.
- Line 1 of 37 The Tribe
If the rules are clear and everyone does their part, there will be progress.
The house is fenced in. Regret vanishes.
- Line 2 of 37 The Tribe
This is not the time to get anything by force. Take your proper place and carry out the duties you've been given.
Pursues nothing of their own: tends the food within. Constancy brings good fortune.
- Line 3 of 37 The Tribe
Keeping discipline and doing your tasks matter if you want to reach your goals. If you take it too lightly, you'll run into trouble.
The household amid stern shouting: regret, danger, good fortune. Wife and children giggling: in the end, distress.
- Line 4 of 37 The Tribe
When you take care of your tasks and look out for everyone's benefit, without overdoing either spending or saving, you'll succeed.
Enriches the house. Great good fortune.
- The judgment of 6 Conflict
A conflict is arising that can't be solved by action; cleverness works better than force. Recognizing that you can't resolve anything right now, letting events take their course, and seeking the advice of someone wise in this area will help you get out of the conflict.
There is sincere trust, but it is blocked. Caution: stopping halfway brings good fortune; going all the way to the end, misfortune. It is favorable to see the great person. It is not favorable to cross the great river.
The trigrams
The way back
6 Conflict → 37 The Tribelines 1, 2, 3, and 4
Other transformations of The Tribe
- 4Immaturitylines 1, 2, 3, and 5
- 50The Vessel of Nourishmentlines 1, 2, 4, and 5
- 35Advancelines 1, 3, 4, and 5
- 38Oppositeslines 2, 3, 4, and 5
- 29Waterlines 1, 2, 3, and 6
- 28Excesseslines 1, 2, 4, and 6
- 45Meetinglines 1, 3, 4, and 6
- 58Inner Peacelines 2, 3, 4, and 6
- 46Going Uplines 1, 2, 5, and 6
- 2Passivitylines 1, 3, 5, and 6
- 19Fleeting Successlines 2, 3, 5, and 6
- 62Success in Small Matterslines 1, 4, 5, and 6
- 34Great Manifestationlines 2, 4, 5, and 6
- 51Shocklines 3, 4, 5, and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.