Hexagram 6 · line 1
Conflict
訟Sòng
The dispute is not prolonged. There is some criticism, but the end is favorable.
Line statement
初六
不永所事，小有言，終吉。
The dispute is not prolonged. There is some criticism, but the end is favorable.
The line limits the dispute before it becomes a prolonged struggle; even criticism need not decide its end. Changing Line 1 from yielding to firm turns lower water to lake and produces Hexagram 10.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- inner · base
Line 1 is the base of the inner trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yin in an odd place: not aligned
Its yin polarity does not match the traditional odd-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 4: responsive
Its counterpart is Line 4; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.
One line changes