Hexagram 6, Sòng (Conflict): Line 6 (top)
讼卦上九 · 天水讼 · 中文版
上九：或锡之鞶带，终朝三褫之。
The line (Legge)
The topmost NINE, undivided, shows how its subject may have the leathern belt conferred on him (by the sovereign), and thrice it shall be taken from him in a morning.
Small Image commentary
'He receives the robe through his contention:' - but still be is not deserving of respect.
象曰：以讼受服，亦不足敬也。
In plain words
Perhaps one is granted an official's robe with its great belt for winning the dispute, but within a single morning it is stripped away three times. The top line is strong and at the end of the hexagram of dispute: honour won by contending cannot be kept. The Small Image says a robe gained through dispute is not worthy of respect.
Applying it to your situation
If you have won something for a while by fighting for it, this line suggests asking how long it can last. Is there a way to get it without fighting?
Position
A solid (yang) line in the top place, which is a yin (even) place, so it is not in its proper place. Its partner is line 3; one is yin and the other yang, so they respond to each other.
If this line moves
With this line moving alone, Sòng changes into Hexagram 47 Kùn (Exhaustion). The Jiaoshi Yilin verse for this change (Chinese): 焦氏易林·讼之困.
The hexagram
Hexagram 6 Sòng (Conflict). The Judgment: Song intimates how, though there is sincerity in one's contention, he will yet meet with opposition and obstruction; but if he cherish an apprehensive caution, there will be good fortune, while, if he must prosecute the contention to the (bitter) end, there will be evil. It will be advantageous to see the great man; it will not be advantageous to cross the great stream.
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English text: James Legge, The Yi King (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 16, 1882), public domain, as transcribed by the Chinese Text Project. Chinese: the received text. Offered for study and reflection, not as prediction. Plain-English readings and position notes by this site.