SUNG - CONFLICT
Commentary: Sincere, you are being obstructed. Meeting the opponent halfway brings good fortune, persisting to the bitter end bodes ill. It will benefit you to meet the great man, but it will not benefit you to cross the great river.
Image:Sky and water inevitably go their opposite ways: such is the nature of conflict. The superior man weighs up the issues at the very beginning.

Changing Lines
1. If you do not persist in an affair, you may have to face wagging tongues, but good fortune will eventually result.
2. If you do not have strength for the struggle, give way. By giving way, your town, the three hundred households, are preserved.
3. He stays in the position he deserves. Dangers are present, but good fortune will come in the end. If working for the king, do not seek to make things happen.
4. Do not engage in conflict. Submit to fate, change your attitude, and find peace in steadfastness.
5. Contending before him brings good fortune.
6. Win to the leather belt, but it will be taken away from you three times in one morning.