Hexagram 56

The Wanderer

Also: The Traveler, Sojourning

☲ Fire over ☶ Mountain

The Judgment

The Wanderer. Success through smallness. Perseverance brings good fortune to the wanderer.

The Image

Fire on the mountain. Thus the superior person is clear-minded and cautious in imposing penalties, and protracts no lawsuits.

The Lines

Line 1

If the wanderer busies themselves with trivial things, they draw down misfortune upon themselves.

Line 2

The wanderer comes to an inn. They have their property with them. They win the steadfastness of a young servant.

Line 3

The wanderer's inn burns down. They lose the steadfastness of the young servant. Danger.

Line 4

The wanderer rests in a shelter. They obtain their property and an ax. My heart is not glad.

Line 5

One shoots a pheasant. It drops with the first arrow. In the end this brings both praise and office.

Line 6

The bird's nest burns up. The wanderer laughs at first, then must needs lament and weep. Through carelessness one loses the cow. Misfortune.

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