Hexagram:The Wanderer Hexagram:Waiting

I-Ching Transformation

56
The Wanderer
Lu
Fire / Mountain
5
Waiting
Xu
Water / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).

Line 1: 旅瑣瑣斯其所取災

the wanderer
suǒis mean
suǒand frivolous
as such
this
suǒplace
draws
zāiadversity

Line 2: 旅即次懷其資得童僕貞

the wanderer
comes to
an en)camp(ment)
huáicherish
these
resources
and gain
tónga young
servant
zhēnpersistence

Line 4: 旅于處得其資斧我心不快

the wanderer
is
chùthe shelter
having secured
his
resources
and an ax
but lamenting 'my...
xīnheart
is not
kuàihappy

Line 5: 射雉一矢亡終以譽命

shèshooting
zhìthe pheasant [as a gift for the local noble]
one
shǐarrow
wángis lost
zhōngbut in the end
for the sake of
praise
mìngand commission

Line 6: 鳥焚其巢旅人先笑後號咷喪牛于易凶

niǎolike a
fénthat
its own
cháonest
this wandering
rénone
xiānbegins
xiàoto laugh(ter
hòufollowed by
háowailing
táoand weeping
sàngforfeiting
niúcattle
in
the exchange
xiōnginauspicious

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire Wateryin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramMountain Heavenstillness to creative

Yilin Verse

大鵬展翅三千里,越嶺過海不知疲。看盡天涯花與雪,歸來故巢月正圓。

The great Peng spreads its wings three thousand li, crossing mountains and seas without tiring. Having seen all the flowers and snow at the world's edge — returning to the old nest, the moon is perfectly full.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 56 (The Wanderer) to hexagram 5 (Waiting). In the I-Ching, when a reading produces changing lines, the hexagram transforms into another hexagram, providing guidance for both the current situation and its eventual evolution.