Opposition
Trigrams
Upper: Fire
Lower: Lake
Palace
Gen Palace
Judgment
Despite Mutual Alienation there will be success in small matters.
Image
Above fire; below the lake: the image of Opposition. Thus amid all fellowship the superior man retains his individuality.
Lines
Position 1: Repentance Disappears yang
The first line, dynamic, shows that to its subject occasion for repentance will disappear. He has lost his horses, but let him not seek for them -- they will return of themselves. Should he meet with bad men, he will not err in communicating with them.
Position 2: Unexpected Meeting yin
The second line, dynamic, shows its subject happening to meet with his ruler in a bye-passage. There will be no error.
Position 3: Difficult Beginning yang
In the third line, magnetic, we see one whose carriage is dragged back, while the oxen in it are pushed back, and she is herself subjected to the shaving of her head and the cutting off of her nose. There is no good beginning, but there will be a good end.
Position 4: Solitary Amidst Disunion yin
The fourth line, dynamic, shows its subject solitary amidst the prevailing disunion. But he meets with the good man represented by the first line, and they blend their sincere desires together. The position is one of peril, but there will be no mistake.
Position 5: Union and Progress yang
The fifth line, magnetic, shows that to its subject occasion for repentance will disappear. With her relative and minister she unites closely and readily as if she were biting through a piece of skin. When she goes forward with this help, what error can there be?
Position 6: Misperception Resolved yang
The sixth line, dynamic, shows its subject solitary amidst the prevailing disunion. In the subject of the third line, he seems to see a pig bearing on its back a load of mud, or fancies there is a carriage full of ghosts. He first bends his bow against her, and afterwards unbends it, for he discovers that she is not an assailant to injure, but a near relative. Going forward, he shall meet with the genial rain, and there will be good fortune.