Hexagram 56 Line 6: 上九
Position: Line 6 (Upper Trigram)上九 —Yang ⚊ (Solid)Register: inauspicious
Classical Chinese Text
上九 鳥焚其巢。旅人先笑後號咷。喪牛于易。凶。
鳥niǎolike a
焚fénthat
其qíits own
巢cháonest
旅lǚthis wandering
人rénone
先xiānbegins
笑xiàoto laugh(ter
後hòufollowed by
號háowailing
咷táoand weeping
喪sàngforfeiting
牛niúcattle
于yúin
易yìthe exchange
凶xiōnginauspicious
Line Commentary
The bird's nest burns up. The wanderer laughs at first, then must needs lament and weep. Through carelessness he loses his cow. Misfortune. Loss of one's resting place. If heedless and imprudent when building the nest, this misfortune may overtake you. If you let yourself go, laughing and jesting, forgetting that you are a wanderer, you will later have cause to weep and lament. Through carelessness losing your cow—your modesty and adaptability—evil will result.
When This Line Changes
If Line 6 changes, Hexagram 56 Lu (The Wanderer) transforms into Hexagram 62 Xiao Guo (Preponderance of the Small).
Parent Hexagram
The Wanderer
Lu旅 (56)
Fire (離) over Mountain (艮)
Upper Trigram: ☲ Fire | Lower Trigram: ☶ Mountain