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。
Wilhelm Translation
The bird's nest burns up. The wanderer laughs at first, Then must needs lament and weep. Through carelessness he loses his cow. Misfortune.
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