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Le Voyageur
旅 · Lǚ
Li (Fire) · Gen (Mountain)
Le Jugement
Lü indique que (dans l'état qu'il dénote) il peut y avoir quelque petit accomplissement et progrès. Si l'étranger ou le voyageur est ferme et correct comme il se doit, il y aura bonne fortune.
Les six traits
Trait 1
The first SIX, divided, shows the stranger mean and meanly occupied. It is thus that he brings on himself (further) calamity.
Trait 2
The second SIX, divided, shows the stranger, occupying his lodging-house, carrying with him his means of livelihood, and provided with good and trusty servants.
Trait 3
The third NINE, undivided, shows the stranger, burning his lodging-house, and having lost his servants. However firm and correct he (try to) be, he will be in peril.
Trait 4
The fourth NINE, undivided, shows the traveller in a resting-place, having (also) the means of livelihood and the axe, (but still saying), 'I am not at ease in my mind.'
Trait 5
The fifth SIX, divided, shows its subject shooting a pheasant. He will lose his arrow, but in the end he will obtain praise and a (high) charge.
Trait 6
The sixth NINE, undivided, suggests the idea of a bird burning its nest. The stranger, (thus represented), first laughs and then cries out. He has lost his ox(-like docility) too readily and easily. There will be evil.
Thèmes centraux
- voyage
- impermanence
- modestie en terre étrangère
- prudence
Texte classique : la traduction de James Legge (1882, domaine public), présentée en anglais. Les traductions arrivent bientôt.