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The Wanderer Hexagram 56 of the I Ching (Yijing · 周易)
The wanderer — keep a lowly, prudent heart
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The Judgment
The Wanderer — success through smallness; perseverance of the wanderer brings good fortune.
The Six Moving Lines
- Six at the beginningThe wanderer busies himself with trivial things; this brings calamity upon himself.初六:旅琐琐,斯其所取灾。
- Six in the second placeThe wanderer comes to an inn; he has his possessions with him; he wins the heart of a young servant.六二:旅即次,怀其资,得童仆,贞。
- Nine in the third placeThe wanderer's inn burns down; he loses the young servant's loyalty; danger.九三:旅焚其次,丧其童仆,贞厉。
- Nine in the fourth placeThe wanderer rests in a shelter; he obtains his ax and his belongings; but in his heart he is not glad.九四:旅于处,得其资斧,我心不快。
- Six in the fifth placeHe shoots a pheasant; it drops with the first arrow; in the end this brings only praise and a position.六五:射雉,一矢亡,终以誉命。
- Nine at the topThe bird's nest burns up; the wanderer laughs at first, then must lament and weep; through carelessness he loses his cow; misfortune.上九:鸟焚其巢,旅人先笑后号咷,丧牛于易,凶。