䷷
The Wanderer
Hexagram 56
Upper Trigram
☲ Fire
Lower Trigram
☶ Mountain
The Wanderer. Success through smallness. Perseverance brings good fortune to the wanderer.
Fire on the mountain. Thus the superior man is clear-minded and cautious in imposing penalties.
Line 1
If the wanderer busies himself with trivial things, he draws down misfortune upon himself.
Line 2
The wanderer comes to an inn. He has his property with him. He wins the steadfastness of a young servant.
Line 3
The wanderer's inn burns down. He loses the steadfastness of his young servant. Danger.
Line 4
The wanderer rests in a shelter. He obtains his property and an ax. My heart is not glad.
Line 5
He 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.