I Ching · Hexagram 6
Sòng: Conflict
Heaven rises while water flows down: two forces move apart. Song describes disagreement where being right matters less than how far you push.
- Keywords
- Dispute, opposing views, caution, mediation
- Upper trigram
- Heaven (Qian)
- Lower trigram
- Water (Kan)
- Advice
- Seek a fair middle or a mediator, and stop before the quarrel costs more than it is worth.
Changing lines
When you cast this hexagram, any changing line is turning into its opposite: yang into yin, or yin into yang. Changing them gives a second hexagram that suggests where things are heading. Hexagram meanings are a starting point for reflection, not predictions.