三条殿

第6卦 訟(Song)

Fine Art
Unknown — Night Attack on the Sanjō Palace

Unknown — Night Attack on the Sanjō Palace

Unknown (13th century)

这幅日本绘卷画的是宫殿着火,人在打仗。讲道理已经没用了。

Practical Integration

《平治物语绘卷》画的是1159年的一个晚上。武士冲进京都的三条殿,放火,杀人,抢走天皇。绘卷从右边展开:先是骑兵冲进来,然后是打斗,然后是火,然后是贵族坐着牛车逃跑。火画得很红,人画得很小,乱成一团。 「讼」这个卦,左边是言,右边是公。本来是打官司的意思——有争执,要找人评理。但画里这些人已经不评理了,直接动手。卦辞说:「有孚窒惕,中吉终凶。」心里有道理,但被堵住了,要小心。半路停下来是吉,走到底是凶。 《象》说:「天与水违行,讼。」天往上走,水往下流,方向相反,所以有争讼。如果方向天生相反,那还有什么好讲的?也许讼的意思就是:有些冲突没有办法讲清楚,只能选择不走到底。三条殿那晚之后,日本乱了好几百年。赢的那一方,后来也输了。

References & Citations

  1. Night Attack on the Sanjō Palace — Unknown-13th century. This 13th-century Japanese handscroll depicts the 1159 Heiji Rebellion, showing warriors attacking the Sanjō Palace. The vivid battle scene with flames and combat illustrates armed conflict between opposing forces.

The Judgment

讼。有孚,窒惕,中吉,终凶。利见大人,不利涉大川。你真诚但被阻碍。谨慎地中途停止带来好运。进行到底带来不幸。有利于见大人。不利于渡过大河。

sòngcontention
yǒubeing
true
zhìyet resisted
wary
zhōngin
promising
zhōngat
xiōngunfortunate
worthwhile
jiànto see
the mature
rénhuman being
it
worthwhile
shèto cross
the great
chuānstream

The Image

天与水违行,讼之象也。君子以作事谋始。因此君子在所有交易中仔细考虑开端。

tiānheaven
along
shuǐwater
wéicontradiction
xíngin movement
sòngcontention
jūnnoble
young one
accordingly
zuòconducting
shìaffairs
móuconsiders
shǐthe beginning

The Lines (爻辭)

Line 1不永所事小有言終吉

to avoid
yǒngprolong
suǒcertain
shìaffairs
xiǎothe small
yǒuhave
yánthings to say
zhōngin the end
auspicious

Line 2不克訟歸而逋其邑人三百戶無眚

not being
capable of
sòngcontending
guīone capitulates
érand so
takes refuge
one's own
home town
rénpopulation
sānis
bǎihundred
households
avoid
shěngcalamities

Line 3食舊德貞厲終吉或從王事無成

shíincorporating
jiùlong-standing
virtues
zhēnin order to persist
difficult
zhōngbut in the end
auspicious
huòas
cóngpursuing
wángsovereign
shìaffairs
no
chéngachievement

Line 4不克訟復即命渝安貞吉

not being
capable of
sòngcontending
returning
to approach
mìnga higher law
withdraw
ānto secure
zhēnthe certain
good fortune

Line 5訟元吉

sòngthe contest
yuánis most
promising

Line 6或錫之鞶帶終朝三褫之

huòsomebody
awards
zhīone
pánthe leather big
dàiand ribbons
zhōngby the end of
zhāothe morning
sānone will be three times
chǐstripped
zhīof them

Historical Context

Oracle Bone Script

天(☰)在上,水(☵)在下——力量与光明在上,深度与危险在下,向相反方向移动。

Period

周朝

Traditional Use

讼卦描述内在不和,对立力量向不同方向拉扯。经典文本建议不要诉讼和将冲突推向结论——最好寻求调解,找到明智的中介,中途停止。

Character Analysis

讼字(sòng)结合言(话语、言语)与公(公共、官方)——字面意思是公开辩论、法律争端、提交给权威的争论。冲突不是沉默的内在斗争,而是必须阐明其立场的对立力量。天与水自然分歧——一个上升,一个下降。卦象教导有些冲突不能被强迫解决。

Configuration

Lower Trigram

Upper Trigram

Binary

010111

Energy State

创造之力向上升,深渊之深向下移。上卦越强,下卦下沉越深。相反的运动创造摩擦,张力无法解决。

Trigram Symbolism

☰ 天(上卦)- 乾,力量,坚持,向上 ☵ 水(下卦)- 坎,危险,深度,向下 冲突源于相反本性向相反方向移动。