Hexagram 6 訟, Line 1
訟
Hexagram 6 · first line, divided (six)
不永所事，小有言，終吉。
The first line, divided, shows its subject not perpetuating the matter about which (the contention is). He will suffer the small (injury) of being spoken against, but the end will be fortunate.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
不永所事，訟不可長也。雖小有言，其辯明也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 6 becomes hexagram 10.
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Character glossary
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 永yǒnglong; perpetual, eternal; forever
- 所suǒplace, location; "that which", a particl
- 事shìaffair, matter, business; to serve; acci
- 小xiǎosmall, tiny, insignificant
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
- 終zhōngend; finally, in the end
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 訟sòngto accuse, to argue; to dispute, to liti
- 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
- 長zhǎnglong, lasting; to excel in
- 也yěalso, too
- 雖suīalthough, even though
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 辯biànto argue, to dispute; to discuss, to deb
- 明míngbright, clear; to explain, to understand
Data: English Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0); Chinese Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.