旅
The Wanderer
HEXAGRAM 56 · LǙ
ABOVE☲離Fire
BELOW☶艮the Mountain
THE JUDGEMENT
The Wanderer. Success through smallness. To the wanderer, perseverance brings good fortune.
THE IMAGE
On the mountain is fire: the image of the Wanderer. Thus the noble one is clear and cautious in imposing penalties, and does not protract lawsuits.
THE LINES
Six at the beginningIf the wanderer loses himself in trifles, he draws misfortune upon himself.
Six in the second placeThe wanderer comes to the inn: he carries his belongings with him and gains a young servant he can trust.
Nine in the third placeThe wanderer’s inn burns down: he loses the young servant he trusted. Danger.
Nine in the fourth placeThe wanderer rests in a shelter: he obtains his belongings and an axe. My heart is not glad.
Six in the fifth placeHe brings down a pheasant with a single arrow: in the end this brings him praise and office.
Nine at the topThe bird’s nest burns. The wanderer first laughs, then laments and weeps. He loses the cow through carelessness: misfortune.
KEYWORDS
travelstrangeradaptabilitycautiontransience