第 6 卦 · 天水讼

讼卦原文
讼。有孚，窒惕，中吉，终凶。利见大人，不利涉大川。

象曰：天与水违行，讼。君子以做事谋始。
《象辞》说：上卦为乾，乾为天；下卦为坎，坎为水，天水隔绝，流向相背，事理乖舛，这是讼卦的卦象。君子观此卦象，以杜绝争讼为意，从而在谋事之初必须慎之又慎。

白话文解释
讼卦：虽有利可图(获得俘虏)，但要警惕戒惧。其事中间吉利，后来凶险。占筮得此爻，有利于会见贵族王公，不利于涉水渡河。
《断易天机》解
讼卦乾上坎下，为离宫游魂卦。上乾为刚，下坎为险，一方刚强，一方阴险，必然产生争论，因此多有不吉。

北宋易学家邵雍解
天高水深，达远不亲；慎谋退守，敬畏无凶。
得此卦者，身心不安，事多不顺，与他人多争诉之事，宜修身养性，谨慎处事。

台湾国学大儒傅佩荣解
时运：功名受阻，不宜树敌。
财运：开始谨慎，终可获利。
家宅：君子必求淑女。
身体：预防胜于治疗。

传统解卦
这个卦是异卦（下坎上乾）相叠。同需卦相反，互为“综卦”。乾为刚健，坎为险陷。刚与险，健与险，彼此反对，定生争讼。争讼非善事，务必慎重戒惧。
大象：乾天升于上，坎水降于下，相背而行而起讼。
运势：事与愿违，凡事不顺，小人加害，宜防陷阱。
事业：起初顺利，有利可图，继而受挫，务必警惕，慎之又慎，不得固执已见，极力避免介入诉讼纠纷的争执之中。与其这样，不如退而让人，求得化解，安于正理，可免除意外之灾。陷入争讼，即使获胜，最后还得失去，得不偿失。
经商：和气生财，吃亏是福，切勿追求不义之财。商业谈判应坚持公正、公平、互利的原则，尽量避免发生冲突。这样便会有好结果。
求名：不利。自己尚缺乏竞争实力，应坚守纯正，隐忍自励，自强自勉，切莫逞强。依靠有地位的人的帮助，及早渡过难关。
婚恋：虽不尽人意，倒也般配，彼此理解，未尝不可。双方应以温和的方式处理生活。
决策：争强好胜，不安于现状，为改变命运和超越他人而奋斗。头脑聪颖，反应敏捷，有贵人相助。但缺乏持之以恒的毅力，容易露出锋芒，得罪他人，带来诉讼之灾。宜承认现实，顺其自然，知足，适可而止。接受教训，引以为戒，可功成名就。

第六卦哲学含义
讼卦，这个卦是异卦相叠，下卦为坎，上卦为乾。乾为刚健，坎为险陷。刚与险，健与陷，彼此反对，定生争讼。争讼非善事，务必慎重戒惧。
讼卦位于需卦之后，同需卦相反，互为“综卦”。《序卦》之中这样说道：“饮食必有讼，故受之以讼。”人与人之间因为争取需求而发生诉讼。
《象》曰：天与水违行，讼;君子以作事谋始。
讼卦上卦为乾为天为阳，其性质向上，下卦为坎为水为阳，其性质向下，两卦同性相斥，并且天往上升，水往下流，目标相违背，这便是讼卦的卦象。这就好比人们各自怀着私心，都为自己的利益着想，思想不能统一起来。所以人们在争夺利益的同时，便会引发争斗，到头来只有通过沂讼进行解决了。
讼卦之象，有口舌二字，为祸端起因;山下有睡虎，主有惊恐;文书在云中，主远而未兴讼;人立虎下，主到尾有惊。占者若得之，宜慎出入。此为俊鹰逐兔之卦。

06.天水讼(䷅)-高岛易断
“讼”字从言，从公，《说文》曰，“争也”；《六书通》曰：“争曲直于官有司也。”盖《坎》为言，为平，《乾》为公，为决，为争，为直，故取乾刚坎险之义，名此卦曰《讼》也。
讼：有孚，窒惕，中吉，终凶。利见大人，不利涉大川。
《 彖传》曰：讼，上刚下险，险而健，讼。讼有孚，窒惕，中吉，刚来而得中也；终凶，讼不可成也。利见大人，尚中正也；不利涉大川，入于渊也。
此卦上卦为天，气清有上升之性，下卦为水，流动有下降之性，一升一降，各自为行而不相得，则有所争而至于分辨也。故占人事而得此卦，则彼上我下，彼我互异，互不相容，遂各上言于公，以求分别，是《讼》之卦名所由起也。盖下卦伏坎险之性，上卦挟刚健之行，其心既忍于害物，其力又足以遂奸，谓之“上刚而下险，险而健，讼”。且上位得占乐地，下位陷于困难，居困者必致势穷力竭，既羞且怒，不得已而反唇相争，争之不已，不得不诉之于官，此《讼》之所由来也，故曰“讼有孚窒”。“有孚”者，必其中有可信之实，无其实，即是虚妄。然在我有可信之实，而为彼所窒塞，则可信者不能自伸，是以有讼。至既讼矣，虽有可信之实，亦当惕厉恐惧，得伸而止，尚可获吉也；若健讼不已，终极其事，则必凶也，故曰“惕中吉，终凶”。讼有原告被告两造，有实者直也，无实者曲也，当讼之时，直者固直，即曲者亦必饰曲为直，且用巧辩之辩护士，为之架辞以饰其非，据律以辨其诬。听讼者一不明察，必致坠其计中，而曲直每多颠倒，甚或曲者行贿，听者受贿，势必以曲为直，则直者受冤难伸，是不利也，故曰“利见大人”。“大人”者，刚健中正，居九五之尊位者也，刚而能察，健而能决，中则无偏，正则无私，故能是非立判，曲直无枉也。盖利者利矣，其不利者即陷于危险之地，如涉大川而遇风波。讼为口舌之风波，故《讼》亦曰“涉”。《 彖传》曰，“不利涉大川，入于渊也，”其戒之深矣。《讼》之为事，大则为战斗．故《讼》继之以《师》。一以口舌争，一以干戈争，皆危事也，凶象也，故以惕为吉，以终为凶。玩《易》者宜知所惧焉。
通观此卦，初爻以柔弱居下，不永其事，虽“小有言”，终得吉也，故曰“讼不可长”。二爻刚健，将讼者也，与五爻相应，以卑讼尊，势不能敌，知其不克，归而逋窜，尚“无眚”也。三爻以柔从刚，能安分守贞，处危知惧，故初之“不永”三之“从上”，皆终吉也。四爻与初爻对讼，初以“不永所事”，四亦复而即命，故不克，必将敛其欲讼之心，以守其安贞之道，斯无不吉矣。五爻明主当阳，用其中正，以断枉直，辟以止辟，刑期无刑，在斯时平？吉莫大焉。上九，《讼》之终也，即使善讼能胜，得邀命服之荣，然悖得悖失，其能久保乎？至“终朝三褫之”，故《象传》曰，“以讼受服，亦不足敬也”。读初、二、三、四爻辞，惕之吉可征；读五爻之辞，见大人之利可征；读上九之爻辞，所谓终讼之凶，与涉川之不利，又足征也。讼者能翻然而悔，惕然而省，斯有吉而无凶矣。盖惟上有元吉之君，初六之《讼》，可无以永；九二九四之《讼》，不以克；六三可食旧而守贞；终《讼》如上九者，虽胜终败。是使民无讼者，权在君上。讼之占尽此矣。
《大象》曰：天与水违行，讼，君子以作事谋始。
上卦为《乾》，天阳上行，下卦为《坎》，水性就下；上下异其性，各进反对之方向。在八卦中刚健充实者，无如《乾》，艰难忧苦者，无如《坎》，其行相背，是相违也。相违必至相争，讼之所由起也。君子见于此象，察其为争为讼之因，在事物之行相违，彼我之情相背，相违相背，不在于成讼之后，而在于作事之始，故曰“作事谋始”。言交朋友者，慎之于相知之始，结条约者，审之于立券之始。盖作事必慎于先图，斯不遗后患；必精其智虑，斯不启祸端，如此则讼自无也。孔子曰：“听讼我犹人也，必也使无讼乎！”是知使讼之无者，全在听讼者之默移潜化也。九五曰“讼元吉”，其庶几乎？
【占】　问战征：天《乾》也，《乾》为刚武，水《坎》也，《坎》为寇盗，故主讼事，亦主军事。两军相违，以致相战，而其所以相违者，则在未战之始，故曰“君子作事谋始”，即孔子慎战之旨也。
○　问营商：《讼》卦内互《离》，《离》为资斧，外互《巽》，巽为商，有营商之义焉。营商之道，相合则成，相违则败，且《乾》为始，《坎》为谋，故曰“作事谋始”。善其始，乃可图其终，斯商业得久大矣，吉。
○　问功名：《乾》健也，坎险也，是《乾》欲进而陷于坎险，此功名之所以难也。
○　问婚姻：婚姻者，合两姓之好而成，有相合，无相违也。男有家，女有室，为人伦之始，故君子必求淑女，是谋始之道也。
○　问疾病：病之始起，必由阴阳不和，不和则行违，行违即成疾。治之者，宜先慎夫始。
○　问六甲：生男。
○　问失物：此物在高处，坠落水中，不可复得。恐大有口舌之争。

Judgment
Legge: Stress indicates that despite sincere motivations, one still meets with opposition and obstruction. Maintain an apprehensive caution. To prosecute the contention to the bitter end will produce evil results. It is advantageous to see the Great Man. It is not advantageous to cross the great stream.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Conflict. You are sincere and are being obstructed. A cautious halt halfway brings good fortune. Going through to the end brings misfortune. It furthers one to see the great man. It does not further one to cross the great water.
Blofeld: Conflict. Confidence accompanied by obstacles! With care, affairs can be made to prosper in their middle course, but the final outcome will be disaster. It is advantageous to visit a great man, but not to cross the great river (or sea). [In general, this hexagram indicates that we have little chance of success in any conflict, dispute or lawsuit in which we are now engaged and that retreat is the
best policy -- unless line one or five is a moving line, in which case the position is more hopeful. We can profit from the advice of someone truly wise, but a journey of any kind at this time would be disastrous.]
Liu: Conflict; you have sincerity even though obstructed, stop halfway -- good
fortune; follow to the end -- misfortune. It is of benefit to see a great man, but not to cross the great water.
Ritsema/Karcher: Arguing, possessing conformity. Blocking awe.
Centering significant. Completing: pitfall. Harvesting: visualizing Great People.
Not Harvesting: wading the Great River. [This hexagram describes your situation in terms of a dispute. It emphasizes that actively expressing your claims and objections is the adequate way to handle it. To be in accord with the time, you are told to argue!] (Sic)
Shaughnessy: Lawsuit: There is a return; pitying and tranquil, it succeeds to be auspicious, but in the end is inauspicious; beneficial herewith to see the great man; not beneficial to ford the great river.

Cleary (1): Contention; there is blockage of truth. Caution and moderation lead to good results, finality leads to bad results. It is beneficial to see a great person, not beneficial to cross a great river.
Cleary (2): …Wariness within leads to good results, but ending up that way is unfortunate … etc.
Wu: Litigation indicates an obstruction of trust. If the subject is vigilant, he will have good fortune. If he is libelous to the end, he will face foreboding. It will be advantageous to see the great man. It will not be advantageous to cross the big river.
The Image
Legge: The image of water moving away from heaven forms Stress. The superior man, in accordance with this, takes good counsel about the beginning of any enterprise.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Heaven and water go their opposite ways: the image of Conflict. Thus in all his transactions the superior man carefully considers the beginning.
Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes sky and water in opposition. The Superior Man does not embark upon any affair until he has carefully planned the start.
Liu: Heaven and water go in different directions, symbolizing Conflict. The superior man contemplates the beginning before undertaking an enterprise.
Ritsema/Karcher: Heaven associating-with stream, contradicting movements. Arguing, a chun tzu uses arousing affairs to plan beginning.
Cleary (1): When heaven and water go in different directions, there is contention. Superior people plan in the beginning when they do things.
Cleary (2): … When leaders do things, they plan to begin with.
Wu: Heaven and water go in opposite directions; this is Litigation. Thus the jun zi plans well before taking actions.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: The coming together of Strength and Peril gives the idea of Stress. A dynamic line in the central place in the lower trigram shows how there will be good fortune if one maintains apprehensive caution; but because contention should not be taken to extremes, there will be evil if one prosecutes

his contention to the bitter end. The great man sets a value on the due mean. If one attempts to cross the great stream, he finds himself in an abyss.
Legge: The upper trigram of Strength here controls the lower trigram of Peril which is trying to attack it. Or it may also be seen as someone in a perilous situation contending with strong outside forces. The image is of contention and strife. The sincere yang line in the middle of the trigram of Peril gives a character
to the whole figure -- an individual so represented will be very cautious and have good fortune. But since contention is bad, even a sincere individual must fail if he pursues it to the bitter end. The fifth line represents the great man, whose agency is sure to be good. His decision in any matter of contention will be correct. The sixth line is also dynamic, but his action is likely to be too rash for a great enterprise, hence the warning about not attempting to cross the great stream.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Judgment: Be careful, don't attempt much, and don't allow the situation to get out of hand. The Superior Man is judicious about his choices of action to ensure that the situation remains stable. The hexagram portrays a high level of tension. Wilhelm points out that the only "favorable" line is the ruler in the fifth place, and that all of the other lines symbolize people quarreling. It should also be noted that lines one through four counsel either retreat from contention or remaining passively in place. Only line five suggests that an active struggle can have a favorable outcome, and line six portrays the sorry fate of those who insist on "demanding their rights." If we turn the hexagram upside down we have Waiting, which suggests some subtle truths about the proper way to handle stress. He who has a taste for dispute has a taste for blows, the man of haughty speech courts destruction.
Proverbs 17: 19 At deciding lawsuits I am no better than anyone else; but what is necessary is to bring about a state of affairs in which there will be no lawsuits.
Confucius Note that Ritsema/Karcher's summation of the Judgment stands in stark disagreement with the general tenor of the figure: I have never received this hexagram when that interpretation has applied.

周易第六卦初九爻详解
初六爻辞
初六。不永所事，小有言，终吉。
象曰：不永所事，讼不可长也；虽小有言，其辩明也。
白话文解释
初六：做事不能持之以恒，稍有过错，最后还是吉利的。
《象辞》说：做事不能持之以恒，说明官司不可能长久打下去。虽然稍有过错，但争讼双方的是非曲直终将辨别清楚。

北宋易学家邵雍解
吉：得此爻者，会生起是非，但终吉。有病者，不药而愈。做官的会遭诽谤，但会不辩自明。

台湾国学大儒傅佩荣解
时运：不会久困，终可出名。
财运：及时售出，口舌无碍。
家宅：有些争议，分辨明白即可。
身体：初病可愈，久病则凶。

初六变卦
初六爻动变得周易第10卦：天泽履。这个卦是异卦（下兑上乾）相叠，乾为天，兑为泽，以天喻君，以泽喻民，原文：“履（踩）虎尾，不咥（咬）人”。因此，结果吉利。君上民下，各得其位。兑柔遇乾刚，所履危。履意为实践，卦义是脚踏实地的向前进取的意思。

初六爻的哲学含义
讼卦代表争端，初六可谓是开始阶段，阴爻居于柔位，顺从的性格表示其不会把这种争讼之事长久地进行下去，可能会小有一些口舌之争，但是最后会吉祥。
占得此爻的人，应该学习一下蔺相如的做法。人与人之间发生矛盾，这是难免的。矛盾发生后，按此爻爻义所示，最好的办法是尽快消解矛盾，达到和解，使斗争结束于“有言”的状态，而不宜将斗争扩大和继续下去。
占得此爻的人，别人说一句错话、办了一件错事，偶而说说可以，只有这样才能吉祥，不要一直纠缠不放，否则会惹出事端。
占得讼卦的人，因为讼卦的内卦为坎，喻指此人存在着自负的性格，虽然有与人合作的愿望，但往往傲慢不恭，好为人师，从而引发争端。占得此爻，要注意克制一下自己。

初六：不永所事，小有言，终吉。
《象传》曰：不永所事，讼不可长也。虽小有言，其辨明也。
“事”，即讼也，以其事之小，故不曰讼而曰事。“有言”者，即诉讼之言；“小”者，与《需》之九二小言之小同，谓言论之伤，灾之小者也。此爻阴而居下，其身微践而无诉讼之势，其性柔暗而乏辩论之才，且畏上怖官，虽内实吞恨，不能遂讼而止。以其力弱，却不至凶，终得吉也。初六事之始，争讼未深，止之亦易，故曰“不永所事”。虽有小伤，以不遂讼得吉，谓之“小有言，终吉”。此爻变则为《兑》，《兑》者，悦也，不永所事，变而有悦也。此卦六爻中，惟九五刚健中正，为听讼之君，余五爻，皆讼者也。其中九二、九四、上九三阳，才逞而志强，贪必胜而遂讼者也，故直指其辞曰“讼”；初六、六三二阴，柔弱无才，虽一旦起讼，不遂其终者也，故初六曰“事”六三曰“旧德”并不指其为讼。此可知《易》爻扶阴抑阳之义矣。又《彖辞》曰“终凶”，此爻曰“终吉”同一终字，显分吉凶之异，《彖》为讼者言，爻为不讼者言也。讼本凶事，既得辨明，可止即止，若永讼不已，仇怨日深，必至贻累身家，故《象传》曰“讼不可长也”，又曰“其辨明也”。盖以初六之《讼》不为讼，先是被告也，且不为九二所笼络，虽为六三所疑，小有言语之伤，以上有九四之应，乃得辨明利害，故得“不永所事”也。
【占】　问战征：讼者两人相争，战者两国相争，故终讼与穷兵，皆凶事也。爻曰“不永所事”，是谓一战而胜，不复黩武，益见圣人不得已而用兵也，非好战也。
○　问疾病：初爻者，初病也，“不永所事”，谓不久即愈也，故曰“吉”。久病则凶。
○　问功名：初爻居卦之始，是初出而求名也。“不永所事”，谓不久困于人下也，故曰“终吉”。
○　问营商：爻曰“不永所事，小有言”，谓商家贩售货物，宜即售脱，或卖买小有争论，亦无大碍，故曰“终吉”。
【例】　友人某来告曰：仆意欲求仕，向托某局长引援。某局长者，与仆有旧好，且必为仆尽力，请试占其成否？筮得《讼》之《履》。
断曰：此卦天气上升者属彼，水性下降者为我，彼我心思，两不相合，取象曰《讼》。我虽有孚实之诚，彼则绝不相顾也，事必难就，宜作变计，谓之“不永所事”。在足下未免心有不平，稍出怨言，转而他求，却可望成也，谓之“小有言，终吉”。
后果如此占。

Line-1
Legge: The first line, magnetic, shows its subject not perpetuating the matter about which the contention is. She will suffer the small injury of being spoken against, but the end will be fortunate.
Wilhelm/Baynes: If one does not perpetuate the affair, there is a little gossip. In the end, good fortune comes.
Blofeld: Provided that affairs are not pressed through to the end and that as little as possible is said about them, they will end propitiously.
Liu: One does not continue the affair (conflict). Even if there is some gossip, good fortune in the end.
Ritsema/Karcher: Not a perpetual place, affairs. The small possesses words, completing significant.
Shaughnessy: Not permitting where it serves; there are a few words; in the end auspicious.
Cleary (1): One does not persist forever in an affair. There will be a little criticism, but it will turn out well.
Wu: Contention can never produce results. Although there are small talks about him, the outcome will be auspicious.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: Contention should not be prolonged. Although she may suffer the small injury of being spoken against, her argument is clear. Wilhelm/
Baynes: One must not prolong the conflict. The matter is finally decided clearly.
Blofeld: This implies not dragging on a dispute. Though little should be said, its purport should be clear. Ritsema/Karcher: Arguing not permitting long-living indeed. Although the small possesses words, one's differentiation brightening indeed. Cleary (2): The explanation is clear. Wu: Clarification will bring about understanding.
Legge: Line one is magnetic at the bottom of the figure. She may suffer somewhat in the nascent strife, but will let it drop to good effect.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: At the outset, the man refrains from contention during the initial stages of strife. He suffers little. But he knows that he needs to walk together with his associates and cannot advance alone.

Wing: Your position is such that you must avoid any Conflict or terminate it quickly. Don't try to bring things to a decision or engage yourself in a dispute. You may feel a little victimized, but in the end all goes well.
Editor: This is a clear injunction to abandon the subject of contention or your line of questioning. The "gossip" sometimes refers to the inner clamoring of hurt pride or bruised ego. As well loose a flood as initiate legal proceedings; break off before the dispute begins.
Proverbs 17: 14
A. Drop the subject, or stop what you're doing.
B. Cease and desist -- don't allow the conflict to continue.

周易第六卦九二爻详解
九二爻辞
九二。不克讼，归而逋，其邑人三百户无眚。
象曰：不克讼，归而逋也；自下讼上，患至掇也。
白话文解释
九二：讼事失败，归到采邑，三百户奴隶逃亡。没有大的灾祸。
《象辞》说：讼事失败，逃窜回家，这是躲避反讼。小官与大官争讼，败讼而归，势在必然。幸好灾难没有进一步扩大。

北宋易学家邵雍解
平：得此爻者，平安无事。做官的会有食邑之荣。

台湾国学大儒傅佩荣解
时运：退而隐居，可保无害。
财运：小有耗损，不必多虑。
家宅：不宜婚嫁。
身体：在外染病，回家调养。

九二变卦
九二爻动变得周易第12卦：天地否。这个卦是异卦（下坤上乾）相叠，其结构同泰卦相反，系阳气上升，阴气下降，天地不交，万物不通。它们彼此为“综卦”，表明泰极而否，否极泰来，互为因果。

九二爻的哲学含义
讼卦第二爻爻辞释义
克：胜也。“克讼”类似于胜诉的意思。逋：逃。眚：自身原因造成的祸
邑：是大夫的封地。三百邑是下大夫的领地。
本爻的意思是：争讼没有成功，回来躲避，其采邑的三百户人口没有灾害。
从卦象上看，九二属于阳爻居于阴位，虽然失位，但是得中。在本卦之中，只有九二与九五为阳爻，九五以阳爻居阳位，是尊位、大人位，居君位而中正，九二却居于下卦的第二爻，身份地位明显低于九五。九二与九五是敌应关系，两方因某事发生了争讼。九二当然不是九五的敌手，但是其自恃己见，以为不管对方势力多大，官位多高，只要自己有理，就可以争讼一番。但要知道，下不能犯上，地不能逼天。九五为尊，九二与九五“叫板”，属于以下犯上，在当时的集权制的社会中，这是自取祸患，明显地打不赢这场官司的。
根据卦像来看，下卦为坎，坎代表着危险，而九二正处于坎卦正中，处于危险之中，所以官司对其不利。好在九二认清了形势，没有一直敌对下去，而是选择了躲避，逃回了家乡，这样勉强没事，并且邑人也没有受到牵连。
占得本爻的人，若是正在争讼之中，要看清形势，若是形势对自己不利，对方占有明显的优势，就要先采取躲避的办法以免灾祸。可以找一处休闲地方散散心，暂避几日，是非便会不争自散。所以此爻主要告知人们的就是：适时地躲避。

九二：不克讼，归而逋，其邑人三百户，无眚。
《象传》曰：不克讼，归逋，窜也。自下讼上，患至掇也。
“不克讼”者，不遂讼而止也；“归而逋”者，以归窜而避眚也。“眚”者，灾也，自为孽曰眚。九二自外来，以刚处险，为讼之主，与五为敌，五居尊位，自知不免，归而逋避，故曰“不克讼，归而逋”。“其邑人”者，附讼者也，主讼既逋，附讼者皆得免灾，故曰“其邑人三百户，无眚”虞氏曰，《坎》为隐伏，有逋窜之象；李氏曰：《乾》为百，《坤》为户，下卦三爻，故曰三百户。二变而之正，则《坎》化为《坤》，故曰“无眚”，是《象辞》所谓“中吉”也。若归逋而据强地，虽不克讼，尚有相抗之势。至“三百户”，邑之小者也，下既悔罪，上亦免穷。《象传》曰，“归逋，窜也”，按窜字从穴，阴柔之物也，窜之义，曰入穴，可知必窜入阴柔以求免也。项氏曰，“一家好讼，则百家被灾”，今起讼者既逋，余党亦无连坐之患矣。《象传》曰，“自下讼上，患至掇也”，以二讼五，五居尊位，故谓之“以下讼上”；“掇”，自取也，言下讼上，势既不敌，祸患之至，犹自取之耳。一说掇作掇，即《诗》“忧心掇掇”之意，言下与上讼，深为可忧。《坎》为加忧，与爻辞地“惕中吉”惕字意同。此说亦通。凡爻曰“不克”者，皆就阳居阴位者而言，以阳讼阴，故不克。如此爻示人当见机而止，退而避祸，虽非君子所为，处浊世亦足以保身，并可为邑人免患也。此爻内卦变则为《坤》，《坤》顺也，有柔顺而止讼之义。
【占】　问战征：二应在五，五在尊位，大国也，二势弱，自知不克，《坎》为隐伏，故“归而逋”也。三百户小邑，二既归逋，五亦罢战，故三百户得以无眚。
○　问营商：九二爻辰在寅，上值尾箕斗，附星天弁，主列肆闬阍，有营商之象。二变为《否》，《否》败也，故曰“不克”，有耗败之象。外互《巽》，《巽》为归，故曰“归逋”。三百小数也，故曰“无眚”。
○　问疾病：玩爻象，是必在外得病，宜速归家调治。病人既归，病气不致传染，故曰“邑人无眚”。
○　问功名：爻曰“不克”，是一时不克成名也，退归隐居，亦无害也。
○　问婚嫁：二五相敌，尊卑不相偶，宜罢婚，无眚。
○　问六甲：生男，恐不举。
【例】　友人北泽正诚氏，信州松代藩士，维新之际，奔走国事，与当时名士相交。氏精坤舆之学，尤长汉学，后任外务省某官，居数年，转任华族女学校干事。一日来告曰：予顷因事故罢职，颇不满意，欲与长官辨白其事，请烦一筮，筮得《讼》之《否》。
断曰：此卦上卦乾气上升，下卦坎水下降，是反对之象，主彼我情意不通也。不问事之曲直，论之当否，讼必不克也。惟宜静以处身，不然不特自身有灾，恐祸及他人也。足下翻然中止，无复口舌相争，退藏于密，斯无害矣，谓之“不克讼，归而逋，其邑人三百户，无眚”也。余为之细绎爻象曰：“三百户”，小邑也，邑之小者，称岩邑。又《象传》曰“归逋，窜”，按窜字从穴，穴，岩穴也。且卦秉《乾》阳，必非凡民，意其为岛民之长乎？
北泽氏首肯而去，未几北泽氏果有任伊豆岛司之命。

Line-2
Legge: The second line, dynamic, shows its subject unequal to the contention. If he conceals himself where the inhabitants of his city are only three hundred families, he will fall into no mistake.
Wilhelm/Baynes: One cannot engage in conflict; one returns home, gives way. The people of his town, three hundred households, remain free of guilt.
Blofeld: As the conflict cannot be resolved, he beats a hasty retreat. His clan, numbering three hundred households, also escapes harm. [This sentence may have been taken from some ancient writing known to readers of the Book of Change at that time. In divination, unless it obviously has some bearing on the case, it may be disregarded, or else interpreted symbolically without paying much regard to the number three hundred.]
Liu: One cannot continue in the conflict. Retreating, he goes home. Three hundred families in his town will avoid disaster.
Ritsema/Karcher: Not controlling Arguing. Converting and-also escaping one's capital. People, three hundred doors. Without blunder.
Shaughnessy: Not succeeding at the lawsuit; returning and fleeing, three hundred households of his city people are without inspection.
Cleary (1): Not pressing one’s contention, one returns home to escape: If there are three hundred families in one’s domain, there will be no trouble.

Cleary (2): Not victorious in contention, one goes home and hides. The local people number 300 families. There is no mistake or calamity.
Wu: He is not to win the litigation, He returns home to hide. The three hundred families in his village are not implicated.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: He is unequal to the contention; he retires and keeps
concealed, stealthily withdrawing from it -- for him in his lower place to contend with the stronger one above would be to invite calamity, as if he brought it with his hand to himself. Wilhelm/Baynes: Thus one escapes. To contend from a lowly place with someone above brings self- incurred suffering. Blofeld: This passage means that, if we pit ourselves against superior strength, we shall find ourselves bowed beneath the dint of conflict to the bitter end. Ritsema/
Karcher: Converting escaping, skulking indeed. Below origin, above Arguing. Distress culminating, reaping indeed. Cleary (2): (None) Wu: When a subordinate brings a lawsuit against his superior; his loss is unavoidable.
Legge: Line two is dynamic in a magnetic place and no match for his fifth-line adversary who is dynamic in a dynamic place, and the ruler to boot. That he retires from contention to an insignificant village of only three hundred people shows his humility.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: The man is warned about contending against a superior or more powerful enemy. A conciliatory and timely retreat precludes personal disaster.
Wing: Your adversary is superior in strength. Do not allow your pride or sense of honor to draw you into open Conflict. Retreat and you will avoid a disastrous outcome for yourself and those close to you.
Editor: "Discretion is the better part of valor" -- there is nothing to be gained by fighting a battle you cannot win. If all the countries he knows or hears about follow a way that is not good, as in our time, or if because of military campaigns or illness, he is unable to go to a city with good customs, he shall dwell alone in solitude. As it is said: "Let him dwell alone and be silent."
Maimonides
A. "You can't fight city hall."
B. Disengage from the situation at hand to preserve your forces intact.

周易第六卦九三爻详解详解
六三爻辞
六三。食旧德，贞厉，终吉。或从王事，无成。
象曰：食旧德，从上吉也。
白话文解释
六三：依赖先人遗业过活。卜问得险兆，但最后是吉利的。但是，如果服务于王事，谋取利禄，却不会成功。
《象辞》说：依赖先人遗业过活，因为六三爻象表明，居于九四之下，只有凭借祖上余荫才获吉利。

北宋易学家邵雍解
平：得此爻者，宜保持常态，则无灾难。做官的宜谨守常职，晋升无望。

台湾国学大儒傅佩荣解
时运：谨守旧业，求仕无成。
财运：固守家产，终可得利。
家宅：不宜另建新居。
身体：按原医师指示为宜。

六三变卦
六三爻动变得周易第44卦：天风姤。这个卦是异卦（下巽上乾）相叠。乾为天，巽为风。天下有风，吹遍大地，阴阳交合，万物茂盛。姤（gǒu）卦与夬卦相反，互为“综卦”。姤即媾，阴阳相遇。但五阳一阴，不能长久相处。

六三爻的哲学含义
食：饮食之意，引申为喜好、保持。
旧德：指自己原有的功德，一种祖先留下的功德。“食旧德”是指保持旧有的功德，或者是指享用祖先的余荫，也就是“吃老本”之意。
这句爻辞有两种解释：一是指享用祖先的余荫，守住正固，会有危险，最后吉祥，或者跟君王做事，没有成就，二是指安享旧有俸禄，守正道，虽然占卜遇到危险的兆头，最终也是吉利的，即使为国家君王立下大
功，也不自居其成。
占得此爻者，还要注意不可长久地吃老本，这种老本可能是指祖辈留下的财产或是功德，也可能是指你过去的人脉关系，应该认真地看一下当前的形势，严格地要求自己，在维持过去的财产和人脉关系的同时，还要去开创新的事业，建立新的人脉关系。
六三爻与世无争，可以靠祖宗留下的余荫生活，不与人争，自然吉祥了。六三爻与上九爻相应，上九为宗庙之位，所以有六三受益于宗庙的卦象。

六三：食旧德，贞厉，终吉。或从王事，无成。
《象传》曰：食旧德，从上吉也。
“旧”，昔也；“德”，业也。“食旧德”者，犹曰食旧业也。此爻以阴居阳，志强而才微，从九二而起《讼》，九二以不克而归逋，六三亦归旧居而食旧业，守分安常，不敢复与竞争也。“贞”固守也，“厉”危也，谓虽处危地，能知危惧而贞固自守，终必获吉也。“或从王事”者，上九为此爻正应，或将与之共从王事，然上九“终朝三褫”，是无成也，谓以阴柔不中而无功也。“或从王事”一语，与《坤》三同，《坤》以地道，故代而有终。此以讼故，不言有终，即讼不可成之意。此爻以柔从刚，以下从上，有功而不自居，故能不失旧德。盖有退让之心，无忿争之念，忧勤惕厉，自知才力柔弱，一惟从上所为，即有成功，不敢自居，故“无成”而终得吉也。此爻内卦变则为《巽》，《巽》者顺也，即从上之象。夫讼凶事也，观初三两爻，以柔不克讼者曰“终吉”，可知刚而好讼者必凶也。
【占】　问战征：六三居《坎》之终，逼近《乾》位，所谓“阴阳相薄”，“战乎《乾》”也。《坎》本为《乾》再索之男，《乾》为旧，为德，“食旧德”，是子食父遗禄，安常守分，保其旧业，无事争战也，故吉。若欲兴动王师，《坎》为破，为灾，必无成功也，故曰“无成”。
○　问营商：爻曰“食旧德”，知其商业为先世遗产，谨慎固守，终得吉也。
○　问功名：宜继守先人旧业，或欲出而求仕，必无成也。
○　问疾病：须仍服前医方剂为吉。
○　问家宅：直守居旧宅，不须别建新居，恐无成也。
○　问六甲：生男。此子长成，亦以继承父业为吉。
【例】　友人某来告曰：仆向奉仕某局，黾勉职务，不获长官之意，同僚中皆有升级，仆独屈而不伸，不堪惭愧。因欲谋转他官，既恳请于某长官，请筮一卦，以占成否，并卜日后气运。筮得《讼》之《姤》。
断曰：占得此卦，显见气运否窒，一时难期如愿，惟宜顺时安分，以俟时运。所谓“食旧德”者，明明言当仍安旧业，不必谋转他任，坚贞固守，终必获吉。“或从王事，无成”，或，疑词，谓即或改谋别事，虽殷勤恳请，终难成功也。

Line-3
Legge: The third line, magnetic, shows its subject keeping in the old place assigned for her support, and firmly correct. Perilous as the position is, there will be good fortune in the end. Should she perchance engage in the king's business, she will not claim the merit of achievement.
Wilhelm/Baynes: To nourish oneself on ancient virtue induces perseverance. Danger. In the end good fortune comes. If by chance you are in the service of a king, seek not works.
Blofeld: He nourishes himself on the ancient virtues. Right determination leads to initial trouble followed by good fortune. Were he to seek public office now, he would not be able to attain it.
Liu: Depending upon ancient virtues. Continuing in this way leads to danger. In the end, good fortune. While working in public affairs, one should not seek achievement.
Ritsema/Karcher: Taking-in ancient actualizing-tao. Trial. Adversity, completing significant. Maybe adhering-to kingly affairs: without accomplishment. [Actualize-tao: ...ability to follow the course traced by the ongoing process of the cosmos... Linked with acquire, TE: acquiring that which makes a being become what it is meant to be. Adversity (LI): Danger, threatening, malevolent demon ... It indicates a spirit or ghost that seeks revenge by inflicting suffering upon the living. Pacifying or exorcizing such a spirit can have a healing effect.]
Shaughnessy: Eating old virtue; determination is dangerous. Someone follows the king's service, without completion.
Cleary (1): Living on past virtues, rectitude in danger will turn out well. If working in government, do not do anything.
Cleary (1): … If you are upright in danger, the end will be auspicious. If you pursue political affairs, nothing will be accomplished.
Wu: Living by the traditional virtue and being correct and firm will bring good fortune in the end. Should he enter into public service, he does not expect recognition of his success.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: She confines herself to the support assigned to her of old; thus following those above, she will have good fortune. Wilhelm/Baynes: To obey the one above brings good fortune. Blofeld: The good fortune will result

from obedience to superiors which stems from cherishing the ancient virtues.
Ritsema/Karcher: Adhering-to the above significant indeed. Cleary (2): Living on past virtues is the luck of following the high. Wu: Following those above him will be auspicious.
Legge: Here the line is magnetic in a dynamic place and thus unequal to the stress of the matter at hand. She withdraws from the arena, and even if forced into action she will stay safely in the background. "She keeps in the old place assigned for her support" literally means: "She eats her own virtue." That is, she nourishes herself on her own natural endowment and does not contend for more than that.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: The man lives on income received for services rendered. He recognizes that works really belonging to oneself cannot be taken away. He does not engage in perilous contests over property.
Wing: Keep a low profile. Stick to established methods and traditional virtues. Do not put yourself in a position of prominence whatever you imagine to gain in prestige. Material possessions and status mean nothing now. Only your inner worth will be of value to you.
Editor: "Ancient virtues" suggest the principles of the Work, or the archetype of the psyche as an integrated whole. Symbolically, to "engage in the king's business" is to undertake the Work on behalf of the Self. Note the similarity between this line and the third line of Hexagram number two, The Magnetic. If you want to be a good servant within the divine plan or salvation of the world, you must never forget that you do not live and work on your own strength. All power comes from God, and all powers you manifest come
to you from your highest self -- from God.
Elisabeth Haich -- Initiation
A. Don't aspire beyond your proper place. Maintain a servant's humility and, though it may not be apparent now, your commitment to the Work will eventually bear fruit.

周易第六卦九四爻详解详解
九四爻辞
九四。不克讼，复即命，渝安贞，吉。
象曰：复即命，渝安贞，吉，不失也。
白话文解释
九四：讼事失败，败讼回家，服从判决。卜问平安，得吉利之兆。
《象辞》说：败讼回家，服从判决，安守本分，不失正道。

北宋易学家邵雍解
吉：得此爻者，会转危为安。做官的会闲中复职。

台湾国学大儒傅佩荣解
时运：转危为安。
财运：合作不成，反是好事。
家宅：改婚不失其道。
身体：有凶险，改变生活方式则吉。

九四变卦
九四爻动变得周易第59卦：风水涣。这个卦是异卦（下坎上巽）相叠。风在水上行，推波助澜，四方流溢。涣，水流流散之意。象征组织和人心涣散，必须用积极的手段和方法克服，战胜弊端，挽救涣散，转危为安。

九四爻的哲学含义
复：指恢复。命：有命运的含义。“复即命”，恢复到原来的命运状态。
渝：指改变。
本爻的爻义是指：争讼没有成功，返回到自己原来的状态，安于现状，坚守正道，吉祥。
从卦象上看，九四已经进入上卦，并且属于刚爻居于阴位，失位且不居中，过于刚健好胜，不得人心。九四明白自己的过错之后，改变与人好争的性格，从而获得吉祥。
占得此爻者，在争执、官司上不能胜诉。当出现这种结果时，虽然心里可能觉得不满意，甚至不服气，怒心冲冲，但是，要克制一下自己，接受这种结果。回归到正常的生活轨道上，不要再因为官司或争执而耽误了正常的生活和工作，也不要为了发泄不满做出伤害他人的举动，不要想着去报复对方，应接受法律的判决，并认为这都是命运的安排，回到家继续自己以前的生活，这样才能吉祥。

九四：不克讼，复即命，渝，安贞吉。
《象传》曰：复即命，渝，安贞，不失也。
四爻承五履三而应初，初既“不永所事”，四虽刚健欲讼，无与对敌，亦即得中止。且所谓“不克讼”者，与二爻同，然二爻以势不敌而归逋，四爻以理不足而自返。“复”者，返也；“即”者，从也；“命”者，正理也；“渝”者，变也；“贞”者，正也。祛其刚忿好讼之心，以复改过迁善之念，一就定命，变不安贞为安贞，故曰“渝，安贞，吉”。此爻以阳居阴，在《乾》之初，有“潜龙勿用”之义。外卦变则为《巽》，《说卦传》曰，《巽》为不果，有踌躇之象。《象传》曰“不失也”者，谓能量终始之势，复就正理，虽讼犹不失君子之道也。
【占】　问战征：四与初为敌，初既“不永所事”。四亦克无可克，故曰“不克”。《乾》为君，“命”，君命也，凯旋而复命于君。战，危事也，变危而安，故吉。
○　问营商：玩爻象，知其商业必与初爻合办，初既“不永所事”，四亦复而“即命”，复命犹言罢事也，故吉。
○　问婚姻：内卦《坎》为女家，外卦《乾》为男家，《坎》初曰“不永所事”，《乾》四亦复而“即命”，是变计改婚也。《象》曰“不失也”，谓不失其道也。
○　问疾病：至致不克，是凶象也。“复”谓重生也。《坎》为疾，为炎，《乾》为生，为庆，复命即复乾也。变而得安，故吉。
○　问六甲：生男。
【例】　友人某，商店甲干也，一日来告曰：余自主人开店之始，拮据勉励，以兴主人之家产，近来主人因世运变迁，改其面目，别兴新事业，又雇聘学士等，给之以过分之金，某则依然甲干而已，其给金亦不及学士等。某屈居人下，不堪遗憾，意欲向主人诉此情实，冀达平素之志愿。若不见许，余请以此数年来之勤劳，求相当之恩给，欲独立而营商业。请筮一卦，以卜成否。筮得《讼》之《涣》。
断曰：此卦上卦强健，为主人，下卦困难，为足下。足下虽欲陈述苦情，恐未必许可，直依旧从事，百般忍耐。爻辞所谓“不克讼”者，言足下即向主人陈说，必不伸理。所谓“复命”者，劝足下返而自审，安命守常。所谓“渝，安贞”者，劝足下变其不安贞而为安贞，则得吉也。细绎爻辞，是明明教足下无《复》多言，安常俟命，他日主人，自有优待，必获吉也。

Line-4
Legge: The fourth line, dynamic, shows its subject unequal to the contention. He returns to the study of Heaven's ordinances, changes his wish to contend, and rests in being firm and correct. There will be good fortune.
Wilhelm/Baynes: One cannot engage in conflict. One turns back and submits to fate, changes one's attitude, and finds peace in perseverance. Good fortune.

Blofeld: Since the conflict cannot be resolved, it is best to retreat and submit to heaven's will. Peaceful determination brings good fortune.
Liu: One cannot continue the conflict. Returning and changing one's attitude brings peace and good fortune.
Ritsema/Karcher: Not controlling Arguing. Returning, approaching fate. Denying quiet Trial. Significant.
Shaughnessy: Not succeeding at the lawsuit; returning and attending to the command, it changes to peace; determination is auspicious.
Cleary (1): Not pressing one’s contention, one abides by the decree of fate: Changing to rest in rectitude leads to good fortune.
Cleary (2): Contending unvictorious, return to destiny, change to rest in rectitude; then the outlook is good.
Wu: He is not to win the litigation. If his mind returns to reasoning and changes for the good, he will find comfort in being correct. It will be auspicious.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: He does not fail in doing what is right. Wilhelm/Baynes:
Thus nothing is lost. Blofeld: Provided we submit to heaven's will, peaceful determination will enable us to win through. Ritsema/Karcher: Not letting-go indeed. Cleary (2): Means not getting lost. Wu: Because there will be no error.
Legge: Line four is dynamic in a magnetic place which is not central -- he has a mind to contend in a position from which he cannot hope to win. Above him is the strong ruler with whom it is hopeless to strive, and below him is his weak ally in the first place from whom no help can be expected. Hence he takes the course indicated, which leads to good fortune. The returning to the study of Heaven's ordinances and changing the wish to contend are not two things, but one. The ordinances are what is right in principle, and since the wish to contend was wrong in principle, it is now abandoned.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: The man thinks that belligerency toward his weaker opponents will succeed. But lacking righteousness, he fails in his endeavors. Returning from the path of strife to one of inner harmony with the eternal law, he finds peace and good fortune.
Wing: You might see where you could improve your position by engaging in Conflict with a weaker element. The fact is, though, that you cannot gain inner

satisfaction from such strategies. Returning to a sense of dignity and inner worth coupled with an acceptance of your fate will bring you peace of mind and good fortune.
Editor: Psychologically interpreted, the image suggests a situation in which the ego is not yet ready to encounter certain forces involved in the Work. The lesson is to return to an attitude of receptivity to instruction: “Heaven's ordinances.” It is proper for a man to overlook all the things of the world, for according to those who understand, everything is vain and empty and not worth taking vengeance for.
Maimonides
A. Tame your impulse to act and learn from your restricted situation. "All things come to him who waits."
B. You can't do anything now, so don't even try.

周易第六卦九五爻详解详解
九五爻辞
九五。讼，元吉。
象曰：讼，元吉，以中正也。
白话文解释
九五：争讼，筮遇此爻，大吉大利。
《象辞》说：争讼而大吉大利，因为九五之爻居上卦的中位，像人守中正之道。

北宋易学家邵雍解
吉：得此爻者，经营、谋事、求财皆大吉。做官的会受到重用。读书人会获得佳绩。

台湾国学大儒傅佩荣解
时运：以正求进，必可大显。
财运：公平经营，取得正财。
家宅：与富贵人结婚。
身体：吐纳之术保健康。

九五变卦
九五爻动变得周易第64卦：火水未济。这个卦是异卦（下坎上离）相叠。离为火，坎为水。火上水下，火势压倒水势，救火大功未成，故称未济。《周易》以乾坤二卦为始，以既济、未济二卦为终，充分反映了变化发展的思想。

九五爻的哲学含义
讼卦第五爻爻辞释义元吉：大吉。
本爻的爻义是：官司得到了公正的判决，大吉。
此爻是讼卦的第五爻，占得此爻的人，若是打官司，必大获全胜。胜诉的原因是遇到了公正的法官，幸逢贵人。在讼卦之中，九五这一爻属于阳爻居刚位，正是得位，这表示大人得位，以公正严明的态度处理诉讼。所以，官司会得到公正的解决。可见，官司若能得到公正的解决，除了你要有理之外，还在于遇到的法官是否公正。包公为秦香莲伸张正义，怒斩陈世美的故事，正是此爻爻义所在。

九五：讼元吉。
《象传》曰：讼元吉，以中正也。
此爻为一卦之主，五居尊位，中正刚健，能听天下之讼，辨是非，析曲直，《彖辞》所谓“大人”也，讼者得此，吉莫大焉。自来无讼，固非易期，而听讼亦难。其人听讼而不刚，则威轻而民不服；听讼而不中，则意见多偏，而讼必多枉；听讼而不正，则性情固执，而断不当理。今五爻具刚健中正之德，居《乾》之中，《乾》健也，变体为《离》，高明也，健以致决，明以察几，听讼之能事尽矣。爻辞曰“讼元吉”，《象传》曰“讼元吉，以中正也”，元吉者，吉之尽善者也。
此卦初爻不永讼，六三不讼，九二九四“不克讼”，九五以“元吉”化《讼》，是此卦虽名曰《讼》，意在化讼，实即“使无讼”之圣训也。
【占】　问战征：五居尊位，是主战之大君也，师出有名，得其中正，是王者之师，无敌于天下者也，故曰“元吉”。
○　问商业：《乾》为利，《坎》为平，商业固在谋利，亦要公平正直，斯不致于争夺，商业乃得其正矣，故吉。
○　问功名：《讼》字从言从公，五为主爻，求名者，盖以言而求主公之知也。“元”谓三元，是功名之魁首也，吉莫大焉。
○　问婚姻：五为卦主，与五结姻，是以贱从贵，以贫从富也，故曰“元吉”。
○　问六甲：生男。此儿品貌端正，且有福泽。
【例】　北海道厅官某来告曰：长官常忧土人之户口，逐年减少，必由内地人民，役使土人，过于苛酷。今后许内地人民，与土人婚姻，使彼此亲睦，以冀蕃殖，愚意亦然。请筮一卦，以占得失。筮得《讼》之《未济》。
断曰：此卦上卦为政府，阳气上升，下卦为人民，水性下流，显见上下之意隔绝不相合。以不相合之甚，极而出之于讼，斯土人之情，藉得上达，以求伸理，故谓之“讼元吉”。于是上官感土人之情，悯其穷苦，改其条教，乃颁内地人民，许与土人婚姻之令。
后闻酋长等相集会议，颇以为难，上官招酋长问之，曰：美妇与丑妇孰好？吾知好美而恶丑者，人情相同也。吾土人中非无美女，内地之人求之，喜而许之，至土人欲取内地美女，恐内地人而不之许，是土人有失而无得也。且美者为内地所娶，则我同族中，丑者益多，为之奈何？长官亦服其理，遂废此令。

Line-5
Legge: The fifth line, dynamic, shows its subject contending -- and with great good fortune.
Wilhelm/Baynes: To contend before him brings supreme good fortune.
Blofeld: Conflict followed by supreme good fortune.
Liu: Conflict. To submit the conflict to a great man brings great good fortune.
Ritsema/Karcher: Arguing. Spring significant.
Shaughnessy: Lawsuit; prime auspiciousness.
Cleary (1): Contend; it will be very auspicious.
Wu: There is great fortune in Litigation.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: This is shown by his holding the due mean and being in the correct place. Wilhelm/Baynes: Because he is central and correct. Blofeld: This is indicated by the fitting position of the central line. Ritsema/Karcher: Using centering correcting indeed. Cleary (2): Contention is very auspicious when it is balanced and correct. Wu: Because of its central and correct position.
Legge: Line five has every circumstance in his favor.

NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: The man acts in moderation. By being in the right place he is on the road to good fortune. A just and powerful arbiter may be invited to mediate. Circumstances are in his favor.
Wing: Bring your Conflict before a powerful and just authority. If you are in the right, the situation will end in good fortune and success.
Editor: Because this is the ruler of the hexagram, it is portrayed as a wise judge who settles the matter of contention justly. If it is the only changing line, the new hexagram becomes number 64, Unfinished Business, with its corresponding line depicting a moral victory. One sometimes receives this figure in situations involving third-party arbitration. If he attains the virtue of the long sword, one man can beat ten men. Just as one man can beat ten, so a hundred can beat a thousand, and a thousand can beat ten thousand.
Miyamoto Musashi -- A Book of Five Rings
A. An affirmation or victory of some sort is indicated.
B. Your argument is persuasive.
C. Seek wise counsel.

周易第六卦上九爻详解详解
上九爻辞
上九。或锡之鞶带，终朝三褫之。
象曰：以讼受服，亦不足敬也。
白话文解释
上九：王侯赐予人以绅带，但不满一天，三次赐予三次革夺。
《象辞》说：某人因为讼事而得到赐予绅带的殊荣，这不是值得尊敬的事。

北宋易学家邵雍解
平：得此爻者，会有争诉之忧，宜修德养身，化大为小。做官的会有成有败，患得患失。读书人认真学习，必可获佳绩。

台湾国学大儒傅佩荣解
时运：患得患失，殊为不值。
财运：不是正财，得不偿失。
家宅：不易安居。
身体：病势时好时坏，恐凶。

上九变卦
上九爻动变得周易第47卦：泽水困。这个卦是异卦（下坎上兑）相叠。兑为阴为泽喻悦；坎为阳为水喻险。泽水困，陷入困境，才智难以施展，仍坚守正道，自得其乐，必可成事，摆脱困境。

上九爻的哲学含义
讼卦第六爻爻辞释义
锡：同“赐”，赐给。鞶带：大带，古代官服的一部分。褫：指剥去衣服。本爻的爻义是：或许受赐官服大带，但是一天之内被多次剥夺。
我们的文化讲求的是“忍为贵，和为高”，占得此卦者，可能因为爱打官司，恃强争讼，结果得到了一定的好处，包括得到了升官的机会，穿上了官服，扎了大带，但是，这种做法因为违背了传统的文化而受到舆论的谴责，通过这种方式得官在别人看来也是不光彩的。由于大家对你的评价不好，会影响上级对你的印像，你的官职可能是保不住的，甚至一天之内可能多次被剥掉官服，也就是被多次免职，职位不稳，非常危险。
占得此爻者，当心有关换房、租房、提升、加薪等事，可能遭到三番五次的戏弄。当然，你要注意，不要对别人出尔反尔，不要戏弄别人。

上九：或锡之鞶带，终朝三褫之。
《象传》曰：以讼受服，亦不足敬也。
“或”者，不必然之辞；“鞶带”者，命服之饰也；“终朝”者，自旦至暮，一日间也；“褫”者，夺也。彼讼而得胜，非理之本直者，无非以机诈遂其谋，以私曲济其奸，是理不可胜者而幸胜之，其曲直真伪，固不待辨也。爻辞所谓“锡之鞶带”。不必实有此荣，而若或有之；所谓“终朝三褫”，不必实有此辱，而若或有之。盖极言虽得胜，终必败，虽膺荣，终必辱。盖见荣骤者，夺之速也。“终朝”者，暂时之义；“三褫”者，多数之象。《象传》曰“以讼受服”，言其受服不正，如沐猴而冠，何足敬哉！故曰“亦不足敬也”。“亦”字，深可玩味。《彖辞》所谓“终凶”者，于是可见矣。《乾》为敬，为衣，上九变则《乾》体坏，即不足敬之象；《兑》为毁拆，即褫之象。此爻不系讼字者，与初爻之不系讼字同。初爻不言讼，杜其始也；上爻不言讼，恶其终也。益见圣人“使无讼”之微意也。
【占】　问战征：上居《乾》阳之极，阳极而战，胜已难矣，至一日而三胜三败，败固为辱，即胜亦不为荣也。
○　问功名：“锡”赐也，“褫”夺也，“或”者未然之辞。而设言赐之，至终朝而三夺之，是亦一患得患失之鄙夫也，何足敬哉！
○　问商业：玩爻辞，是屡得屡失，终至得不偿失。且问其所得者，尚非正路之财，所谓悖入悻出，非其财者也，亦可鄙矣。
○　问疾病：是必其病乍愈乍发，一日之间，病势不一。在上爻，处卦之极，势极难返，恐终凶矣。
○　问六甲：生男。恐生男多不育，必至四胎可育。
【例】　明治二十三年，爱知县某来告曰：今当名古屋市长选举，有候补者三名，余不识可当选否，请占之。筮得《讼》之《困》。
断曰：此卦上卦为天，上升也，下卦为水，下降也，性情不合，故名曰《讼》。讼者以意不合，诉之于公，以待判也。今际市长之选举，市中人情，互生轧轹，是非莫定，今虽一旦得之，恐人心不服，难以永保，谓之“或锡之鞶带，终朝三褫之”。是求荣而反辱，不如不得。
某因感此占，遂辞职云。

Line-6
Legge: The sixth line, dynamic, shows how its subject may have the leather belt conferred on him by the sovereign, and thrice it shall be taken from him in a morning.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Even if by chance a leather belt is bestowed on one, by the end of a morning it will have been snatched away three times.
Blofeld: If a girdle of honor were bestowed upon him, he would be forced to strip it off thrice within one day.
Liu: Even if he receives an ornamental belt, it will be snatched away three times in one morning.
Ritsema/Karcher: Maybe bestowing's pouched belt. Completing dawn threetimes depriving it.

Shaughnessy: Someone awards him a leather belt, by the end of the morning thrice strips it.
Cleary (1): Even if one is given a badge of honor, it will be taken away thrice before the day is out.
Wu: He may have been presented with a leather belt. He flaunts it three times in one day.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: He receives a reward through his contention, but still he is not deserving of respect. Wilhelm/Baynes: To attain distinction through conflict is, after all, nothing to command respect. Blofeld: Garments of honor obtained through strife do little credit to the wearer. [Note: In divination, garments of honor may be taken to symbolize any of the prizes obtained through a successful dispute.] Ritsema/Karcher: Using Arguing acquiesces-in submitting. Truly not standing respectfully indeed. Cleary (2): Not worthy of honor. Wu: Nothing worthy of respect.
Legge: Line six is dynamic and able to contend successfully, but is there to be no end of striving? Persistence in it is sure to end in defeat and disgrace. The contender here might receive a reward from the king for his success, but if he received it thrice in a morning, thrice it would be taken away from him again.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: The man gains repeated rewards from exhaustive conflicts. But the happiness does not last. The respect is undeserved, and the attacks continue without end.
Wing: If you engage now in forceful Conflict, it is possible you will emerge victorious. However, you will have created a situation of unending contest. Again and again, your position will be challenged. Such triumphs are ultimately meaningless.
Editor: This images a situation in which one may win the battle but lose the war -- a meaningless victory. The line is sometimes received when you are importuning the oracle for information it will not divulge: saying, in effect, "Even if your question were answered, you wouldn't be able to understand it." For everyone fights for his own falsity and calls it truth ... These, because they can receive nothing of light from heaven, and can therefore inwardly see nothing within themselves, are for the most part ... such as believe nothing but what they see with their eyes and touch with their hands. Hence all the fallacies of the senses to them are truths; and it is from these that they dispute.
Swedenborg -- Heaven and Hell

A. An illusory gain is a net loss. It's impossible to win in a no-win situation.
B. You would rather be right than charitable.
C. You are trying too hard -- stop now.
July 4, 2001, 4/23/06