Opposition — estrangement, contradiction, and misunderstanding.
Differences divide what ought to be joined. In small matters, find the common ground beneath the difference. Opposition, handled with care, can still be reconciled.
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Opposition places Fire (clinging, light-giving) above Lake (joyous, open). The interplay of these two trigrams gives the hexagram its character.
The Classical Textoriginal Chinese
The Judgment · 卦辞
小事吉。
The Image · 大象
上火下泽，睽；君子以同而异。
The Six Lines · 爻辞
- 初九悔亡，丧马勿逐，自复；见恶人，无咎。象曰：见恶人，以辟咎也。
- 九二遇主于巷，无咎。象曰：遇主于巷，未失道也。
- 六三见舆曳，其牛掣，其人天且劓，无初有终。象曰：见舆曳，位不当也。无初有终，遇刚也。
- 九四睽孤，遇元夫，交孚，厉无咎。象曰：交孚无咎，志行也。
- 六五悔亡，厥宗噬肤，往何咎。象曰：厥宗噬肤，往有庆也。
- 上九睽孤，见豕负涂，载鬼一车，先张之弧，后说之弧，匪寇婚媾，往遇雨则吉。象曰：遇雨之吉，群疑亡也。
The judgment, image and line texts above are quoted from the original Zhou Yi. A modern Chinese translation of the full classic is available on the original-text page.