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Hexagram 56 | The Wanderer | ||
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Judgement | The Wanderer. Success through smallness. Perseverance brings good fortune To the wanderer. | |||
Image | Fire on the mountain. Image of the Wanderer. Thus the superior man Is clear-minded and cautious In imposing penalties, And protracts no lawsuits. | |||
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Expression: The bird's nest burns up. The wanderer laughs at first, then must needs lament and weep. Through carelessness he loses his cow. Misfortune. | |||
Image: 'Considering that the stranger is here at the very height (of distinction),' with the spirit that possesses him, it is right he (should be emblemed by a bird) burning (its nest). 'He loses his ox(-like docility) too readily and easily:'--to the end he would not listen to (the truth about the course to be pursued). | ||||
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Expression: He shoots a pheasant. It drops with the first arrow. In the end this brings both praise and office. | |||
Image: 'In the end he will obtain praise and a (high) charge:'--he has reached a high place. | ||||
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Expression: The wanderer rests in a shelter. He obtains his property and an ax. My heart is not glad. | |||
Image: 'The stranger is in a resting-place:'--but he has not got his proper position. 'He has the means of livelihood, and the axe:'--but his mind is not at ease. | ||||
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Expression: The wanderer's inn burns down. He loses the steadfastness of his young servant. Danger. | |||
Image: 'The stranger burns his lodging-house:'--and he himself also suffers hurt thereby. When, as a stranger, he treats those below him (as the line indicates), the right relation between him and them is lost. | ||||
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Expression: The wanderer comes to an inn. He has his property with him. He wins the steadfastness of a young servant. | |||
Image: 'He is provided with good and trusty servants:'--he will in the end have nothing of which to complain. | ||||
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Expression: If the wanderer busies himself with trivial things, He draws down misfortune upon himself. | |||
Image: 'The stranger is mean and meanly occupied:'--his aim is become of the lowest character, and calamity will ensue. | ||||