Esagramma 56 di 64
Il Viandante
旅 · Lǚ
Li (Fire) · Gen (Mountain)
Il Giudizio
Lü indica che (nello stato che denota) vi può essere qualche piccolo conseguimento e progresso. Se lo straniero o il viandante è fermo e corretto come dovrebbe essere, vi sarà buona fortuna.
Le sei linee
Linea 1
The first SIX, divided, shows the stranger mean and meanly occupied. It is thus that he brings on himself (further) calamity.
Linea 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.
Linea 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.
Linea 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.'
Linea 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.
Linea 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.
Temi centrali
- viaggio
- impermanenza
- modestia in terra straniera
- cautela
Testo classico: la traduzione di James Legge (1882, pubblico dominio), mostrata in inglese. Le traduzioni sono in arrivo.