Hexagram 56 Line 3: 九三
Position: Line 3 (Lower Trigram)九三 —Yang ⚊ (Solid)Register: danger
Classical Chinese Text
九三 旅焚其次。喪其童僕。貞厲。
旅lǚthe wanderer
焚fénburns
其qíthis
次cìcamp
喪sàngand lose
其qíthis
童tóngyoung
僕púservant
貞zhēnpersistence(ing)
厲lìis difficult
Line Commentary
The wanderer's inn burns down. He loses the steadfastness of his young servant. Danger. A truculent stranger doesn't know how to behave properly. Meddling in affairs and controversies that don't concern them, they lose their resting place. Treating their servant with aloofness and arrogance, they lose the man's loyalty. When a stranger in a strange land has no one left on whom to rely, the situation becomes very dangerous.
When This Line Changes
If Line 3 changes, Hexagram 56 Lu (The Wanderer) transforms into Hexagram 35 Jin (Progress).
Parent Hexagram
The Wanderer
Lu旅 (56)
Fire (離) over Mountain (艮)
Upper Trigram: ☲ Fire | Lower Trigram: ☶ Mountain