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HEXAGRAM 56 – Lu – The Wanderer

Above    LI    THE CLINGING, FIRE

Below    KEN    KEEPING STILL, MOUNTAIN

• The mountain, Ken, stands still;
  

above it

• fire, Li, flames up and does not tarry.
  

Therefore

the two trigrams do not stay together.

Strange lands and separation are the wanderer’s lot.

 

THE JUDGMENT

THE WANDERER.

Success through smallness.

Perseverance brings good fortune

To the wanderer.

When

• a man is a wanderer and stranger,
  
  • he should not be gruff nor overbearing.
    
• He has no large circle of acquaintances
  

therefore

• he should not give himself airs.
  

• He must be cautious and reserved;
  

in this way

• he protects himself from evil.
  

If

• he is obliging toward others,
  
  • he wins success.
    

A wanderer has no fixed abode;

his home is the road.

Therefore

he must take care to remain upright and steadfast,

so that

he

• sojourns only in the proper places,
  
• associating only with good people.
  

Then

he

• has good fortune and
  
• can go his way unmolested.
  

 

THE IMAGE

Fire on the mountain: The image of THE WANDERER.

Thus

the superior man

• Is clear-minded and cautious In imposing penalties, And
  
• protracts no lawsuits.
  

When grass on a mountain takes fire, there is bright light.

However,

the fire

• does not linger in one place, but
  
• travels on to new fuel.
  

It is a phenomenon of short duration.

This is what penalties and lawsuits should be like.

They

• should be a quickly passing matter, and
  
• must not be dragged out indefinitely.
  

• Prisons ought to be places where people are lodged only temporarily,
  

as guests are.

• They must not become dwelling places.
  

 

THE LINES

 

Six in the second place means:

• The wanderer comes to an inn.
  
• He has his property with him.
  
• He wins the steadfastness (1) of a young servant.
  

The wanderer here described is

• modest and
  
• reserved.
  

• He does not lose touch with his inner being,
  

hence

• he finds a resting place.
  

In the outside world

• he does not lose the liking of other people,
  

hence

• all persons further him,
  

so that

• he can acquire property.
  

Moreover,

• he wins the allegiance of a faithful and trustworthy servant –
  

  a thing of inestimable value to a wanderer.
  

 

Nine in the third place means:

The wanderer’s inn burns down.

He loses the steadfastness of his young servant.

Danger.

A truculent stranger does not know how to behave properly.

• He meddles in affairs and controversies that do not concern him;
  

thus

• he loses his resting place.
  

• He treats his servant with aloofness and arrogance;
  

thus

• he loses the man’s loyalty.
  

When

• a stranger in a strange land has no one left on whom he can rely,
  
  • the situation becomes very dangerous.
    

 

Six in the fifth place means:

He shoots a pheasant.

It drops with the first arrow.

In the end this brings both praise and office.

Traveling statesmen were in the habit of

introducing themselves to local princes with the gift of a pheasant.

Here

the wanderer wants to enter the service of a prince.

To this end

he shoots a pheasant, killing it at the first shot.

Thus

• he finds friends who praise and recommend him,
  

and in the end

• the prince accepts him and confers an office upon him.
  

Circumstances often cause a man to seek a home in foreign parts.

If

he knows

• how to meet the situation and
  
• how to introduce himself in the right way,
  

he may find

• a circle of friends and
  
• a sphere of activity
  

even in a strange country.

 

 

MOVING HEXAGRAM

 

 

HEXAGRAM 06 – Sung – Conflict

Above    CH’IEN    THE CREATIVE, HEAVEN

Below    K’AN        THE ABYSMAL, WATER

1. The upper trigram, whose image is heaven, has an upward movement;
   

   the lower trigram, water, in accordance with its nature, tends downward.
   

   Thus the two halves move away from each other, giving rise to the idea of conflict.
   

2. The attribute of the Creative is strength
   

   that of the abysmal is danger, guile.
   

   Where cunning has force before it, there is conflict.
   

3. A third indication of conflict, in terms of character, is presented by the combination of
   

   deep cunning within and
   

   fixed determination outwardly.
   

   A person of this character will certainly be quarrelsome.
   

 

THE JUDGMENT

CONFLICT.

• You are sincere And
  
• are being obstructed.
  

A cautious halt halfway brings good fortune.

Going through to the end brings misfortune.

It furthers one to see the great man.

It does not further one to cross the great water.

Conflict develops when one

• feels himself to be in the right and
  
• runs into opposition.
  

If one is not convinced of being in the right, opposition leads

• to craftiness or high-handed encroachment but
  
• not to open conflict.
  

If a man is entangled in a conflict,

his only salvation lies in being so

• clear-headed and
  
• inwardly strong
  

that he is always ready to come to terms by meeting the opponent halfway.

To carry on the conflict to the bitter end has evil effects even when one is in the right,

because the enmity is then perpetuated.

It is important to see the great man,

that is, an impartial man whose authority is great enough to

• terminate the conflict amicably or
  
• assure a just decision.
  

In times of strife, crossing the great water is to be avoided, that is,

dangerous enterprises are not to be begun,

because in order to be successful they require concerted unity of forces.

Conflict within weakens the power to conquer danger without.

 

THE IMAGE

Heaven and water go their opposite ways: The image of Conflict.

Thus in all his transactions the superior man

Carefully considers the beginning.

The image indicates that

the causes of conflict are latent in the opposing tendencies of the two trigram.

Once these opposing tendencies appear, conflict is inevitable.

To avoid it, therefore, everything must be taken carefully into consideration in the very beginning.

• If rights and duties are exactly defined, or
  
• if, in a group, the spiritual trends of the individuals harmonize,
  

the cause of conflict is removed in advance.

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