☯️ 旅 (Lǚ) - The Wanderer

旅，小亨，旅貞吉

lǚ, xiǎo hēng, lǚ zhēn jí

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

初六：旅瑣瑣，斯其所取災

chū liù: lǚ suǒ suǒ, sī qí suǒ qǔ zāi

Six at the beginning: If the wanderer busies himself with trivial things, he draws down misfortune upon himself.

六二：旅即次，懷其資，得童僕貞

liù èr: lǚ jí cì, huái qí zī, dé tóng pú zhēn

Six in the second place: The wanderer comes to an inn. He has his property with him. He wins the steadfastness of a young servant.

九三：旅焚其次，喪其童僕，貞厲

jiǔ sān: lǚ fén qí cì, sàng qí tóng pú, zhēn lì

Nine in the third place: The wanderer's inn burns down. He loses the steadfastness of his young servant. Danger.

九四：旅于處，得其資斧

jiǔ sì: lǚ yú chǔ, dé qí zī fǔ

Nine in the fourth place: The wanderer rests in a shelter. He obtains his property and an ax. My heart is not glad.

六五：射雉一矢亡，終以譽命

liù wǔ: shè zhì yī shǐ wáng, zhōng yǐ yù mìng

Six in the fifth place: He shoots a pheasant. It drops with the first arrow. In the end this brings both praise and office.

上九：鳥焚其巢，旅人先笑後號咷

shàng jiǔ: niǎo fén qí cháo, lǚ rén xiān xiào hòu háo táo

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