6 Song


Litigation
There are prisoners, frozen with fear. There is fortune now, but in the end there will be misfortune. It is time to see the great one. It is not good to ford the great river.
========= A leather belt of honor was conferred, but he was stripped of it three times in one morning.
========= He won the lawsuit. There will be great good fortune.
========= He could not win the lawsuit. He returned to comply with the command. There will be a change. Omen of peace. There will be good fortune.
===   === He lived off old bounty. Omen of danger. Good fortune will prevail. “One who serves the king has no expectations.”
====x==== He could not win the lawsuit. When he returned, in his township three hundred households had absconded. Calamity is avoided.
=== o === He did not prolong his service. There will be talk. In the end there will be good fortune.
無妄

25 Wu Wang


Pestilence
Your primary plea is heard. A good omen. His misconduct brings disaster. It is not the right time to go on a journey.
========= Pestilence. There will be disaster in traveling. No signs are favorable.
========= The pestilence disease. Without medicine there will be a joyous recovery.
========= Omen or approval. No harm will come.
===   === The pestilence disaster. If tied to an ox, what the traveler will gain is what the townspeople will lose.
===   === “Do not plow, and reap a crop. Break no ground, and the land is tilled.” So now is the time to go on a journey.
========= Pestilence. Going on a journey will bring good fortune.