56/ 旅 / ䷷ / The Wanderer
the judgement
The Wanderer. Success through smallness.
Perseverance brings good fortune
To the Wanderer.
the image
Fire on the mountain:
The image of THE WANDERER.
Thus the superior man
Is clear–minded and cautious
In imposing penalties,
And protracts no lawsuits.
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Six at the beginning means:
If the wanderer busies himself with trivial things,
He draws down misfortune upon himself.
Six in the second place means:
The wanderer comes to an inn.
He has his property with him.
He wins the steadfastness of a young servant.
Nine in the third place means:
The wanderer’s inn burns down.
He loses the steadfastness of his young servant.
Danger.
Nine in the fourth place means:
The wanderer rests in a shelter.
He obtains his property and an ax.
My heart is not glad.
Six in the fifth place means:
He shoots a pheasant.
It drops with the first arrow.
In the end this brings both praise and office.
Nine at the top means:
The bird’s nest burns up.
The wanderer laughs at first,
Then must needs lament and weep.
Through carelessness he loses his cow.
Misfortune.
56/ 旅 / ䷱ / The Lü Hexagram
Explanation of the entire figure by king Wăn
Lü intimates that (in the condition which it denotes) there may be some little attainment and progress.
If the stranger or traveller be firm and correct as he ought to be, there will be good fortune.
Explanation of the separate lines by the duke of Kâu
The first SIX, divided,
shows the stranger mean and meanly occupied.
It is thus that he brings on himself (further) calamity.
The second SIX, divided,
shows the stranger, occupying his lodging-house, carrying with him
his means of livelihood, and provided with good and trusty servants.
The third NINE, undivided,
shows the stranger, burning his lodging-house, and having lost his servants.
However firm and correct he (try to) be, he will be in peril.
The fourth NINE, undivided,
shows the traveller in a resting-place, having (also) the means
of livelihood and the axe, (but still saying), 'I am not at ease in my mind.'
The fifth SIX, divided,
shows its subject shooting a pheasant. He will lose his arrow,
but in the end he will obtain praise and a (high) charge.
The sixth NINE, undivided,
suggests the idea of a bird burning its nest. The stranger, (thus represented), first laughs and then cries out.
He has lost his ox(-like docility) too readily and easily. There will be evil.
56/ 旅 / ䷷ / Traveling
decision
Traveling.
Little prosperity and smoothness.
Traveler,
Being steadfast and upright: good fortune.
commentary on the symbol
Fire on Mountain.
An image of Traveling.
In correspondence with this,
The superior person is prudent and precise in punishment
And does not lengthen the period of imprisonment.
yao text (the lines)
Initial Six
Traveling,
Dwelling upon trivial things, trivial things.
This is how one finds calamities.
Second Six
Traveling,
Staying at a lodge
With one's belongings.
Obtains a boy attendant,
Being steadfast and upright.
Third Nine
Traveling,
His lodge burns.
Loses his boy attendant.
Being steadfast: adversity.
Fourth Nine
Traveling.
Resting in a shelter.
Gets his traveling expenses.
"My heart is not glad."
Fifth Six
Shooting a pheasant.
One arrow: dead.
In the end,
Obtains fame and nobility.
Top Nine
The bird burns the nest.
The traveler first laughs,
Then laments and weeps.
Loses a cow in the field.
Misfortune.