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Hexagram 56 · Lǚ ䷷
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旅：小亨，旅貞吉。
初六：旅瑣瑣，斯其所取災。
六二：旅即次，懷其資，得僮僕貞。
九三：旅焚其次，喪其僮僕，貞厲。
九四：旅于處，得其資斧，我心不快。
六五：射雉一矢亡，終以譽命。
上九：鳥焚其巢，旅人先笑後號咷。喪牛于易，凶。
彖曰：旅，小亨，柔得中乎外，而順乎剛，止而麗乎明，是以小亨，旅貞吉也。旅之時義大矣哉！
象曰：山上有火，旅；君子以明慎用刑，而不留獄。
旅瑣瑣，志窮災也。
得童僕貞，終无尤也。
旅焚其次，亦以傷矣。以旅與下，其義喪也。
旅于處，未得位也。得其資斧，心未快也。
終以譽命，上逮也。
以旅在上，其義焚也。喪牛于易，終莫之聞也。
Musean translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from the classical Chinese, passage for passage, covering all 64 hexagrams with their judgments, line statements and attached commentaries, and the remaining Wings (the Great Commentary, the Discussion of the Trigrams, the Sequence and the Contrasts of the Hexagrams), 1,204 passages in all.
Lu (The Traveler): Success in small things. For the traveler, steadfastness brings good fortune.
Six at the beginning: The traveler fusses over trifles; this draws disaster upon him.
Six in the second place: The traveler reaches lodging, carries his goods, and gains a loyal young servant.
Nine in the third place: The traveler's lodging burns; he loses his young servant. Steadfastness brings danger.
Nine in the fourth place: The traveler finds a resting place and gains goods and an ax, yet my heart is not glad.
Six in the fifth place: Shooting a pheasant, he loses one arrow. In the end he receives praise and appointment.
Nine at the top: A bird's nest burns. The traveler first laughs, then wails aloud. Losing an ox in the open country brings misfortune.
The Judgment Commentary says: Lu brings success in small things. The yielding finds the center on the outside and obeys the firm; it rests and clings to brightness. Thus success in small things, and the traveler's steadfastness brings good fortune. Great indeed is the meaning of the Traveler's time!
The Image Commentary says: Fire upon a mountain: Lu. Thus the noble person is clear and cautious in applying punishments and does not prolong imprisonment.
The traveler fusses over trifles: his will reaches an impasse and disaster.
Gaining a loyal young servant: in the end there is no fault.
The traveler's lodging burns: this is already a wound. Treating those below as a traveler must rightly lead to loss.
The traveler finds a resting place but has not found his position. Though he gains goods and an ax, his heart is not glad.
In the end he receives praise and appointment: recognition reaches him from above.
For the traveler to be at the top means, by right, burning. Losing an ox in the open country: in the end no one hears of it.
Plain English translation
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from the classical Chinese, covering all 64 hexagrams with their judgments, line statements and attached commentaries, and the remaining Wings (the Great Commentary, the Discussion of the Trigrams, the Sequence and the Contrasts of the Hexagrams), 1,204 passages in all.
Lü (The Traveler): Small success. Staying the course while traveling brings good fortune.
Six at the beginning: The traveler fusses over small things; this is how he brings disaster on himself.
Six in the second place: The traveler reaches a lodging, keeps his possessions close, and gains a loyal young servant.
Nine in the third place: The traveler's lodging burns down and he loses his young servant. Staying the course is dangerous.
Nine in the fourth place: The traveler rests at a place and gets his possessions and an ax. My heart is not happy.
Six in the fifth place: He shoots a pheasant and loses one arrow. In the end he receives praise and a commission.
Nine at the top: A bird's nest burns. The traveler laughs at first, then cries aloud. He loses an ox at Yi. Misfortune.
The Judgment Commentary says: Lü (The Traveler) brings small success. The yielding holds the middle position outside and follows the firm. It stops and attaches itself to brightness. So there is small success, and staying the course while traveling brings good fortune. How great is the meaning of travel in its proper time!
The Image Commentary says: Fire on a mountain: this is Lü (The Traveler). So the noble person is clear and careful in applying punishments and does not let legal cases drag on.
The traveler fusses over small things: his restricted purpose brings disaster.
Gaining a loyal young servant means there is no fault in the end.
The burning of the traveler's lodging hurts him. Treating those below as a traveler does means he rightly loses them.
The traveler rests at a place but has not yet found his proper position. He gets his possessions and an ax, but his heart is not happy.
He receives praise and a commission in the end because he reaches the one above.
Being a traveler at the top rightly means being burned out. No one ever hears about the ox lost at Yi.