Hexagram 56 Line 4: 九四
Position: Line 4 (Upper Trigram)九四 —Yang ⚊ (Solid)Register: blameless
Classical Chinese Text
九四 旅于處。得其資斧。我心不快。
旅lǚthe wanderer
于yúis
處chùthe shelter
得déhaving secured
其qíhis
資zīresources
斧fǔand an ax
我wǒbut lamenting 'my...
心xīnheart
不bùis not
快kuàihappy
爻辭註解
The wanderer rests in a shelter. He obtains his property and an ax. My heart is not glad. A wanderer who knows how to limit desires outwardly, though inwardly strong and aspiring. Finding at least a place of shelter, succeeding in acquiring property, but not secure. Always on guard, ready to defend with arms. Hence not at ease—persistently conscious of being a stranger in a strange land.
When This Line Changes
If Line 4 changes, Hexagram 56 Lu (The Wanderer) transforms into Hexagram 52 Gen (Keeping Still).
Parent Hexagram
The Wanderer
Lu旅 (56)
Fire (離) over Mountain (艮)
Upper Trigram: ☲ Fire | Lower Trigram: ☶ Mountain