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国际易经网iqing.netThe judgement 国际易经网iqing.netThe Wanderer. Success through smallness. 10669Perseverance 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. 国际易经网iqing.netThe image Fire on the mountain: 35945The image of THE WANDERER. 15647Thus the superior man is clear-minded and cautious in imposing penalties, 11259And 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. 国际易经网iqing.net
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Six at the beginning [yin at bottom] means: If the wanderer busies himself with trivial things, 14798He draws down misfortune on himself.
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A wanderer should not demean himself or busy himself with inferior things he meets with along the way. The humbler and more defenceless his outward position, the more should he preserve his inner dignity. For a stranger is mistaken if he hopes to find a friendly reception through lending himself to jokes and buffoonery. The result will be only contempt and insulting treatment. 18237Six in the second place means: 3532738175The wanderer comes to an inn. 43642He has his property with him. He wins the steadfastness [lit: perseverance] of a young servant. 4328216697The wanderer her 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. 19186Nine in the third place means: 3532738175The wanderer's inn burns down. He loses the steadfastness of his young servant. 4328216697Danger. 47144A 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. 31529Nine in the fourth place means: 3532738175The wanderer rests in a shelter. He obtains his property and an axe. 41973My heart is not glad. 32248This describes a wanderer who knows how to limit his desires outwardly, though he is inwardly strong and aspiring. Therefore he finds at least a place of shelter in which he can stay. He also succeeds in acquiring property, but even with this he is not secure. He must be always on guard, ready to defend himself with arms. Hence he is not at ease. He is persistently conscious of being a stranger in a strange land. 14209Six in the fifth place means: 3532738175He shoots a pheasant. It drops with the first arrow. In the end this brings both praise and office. Travelling statesman were in the habit of introducing themselves to local princes with the gift of 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 on him. 15065Circumstances 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. Nine at the top means: The bird's nest burns up. The wanderer laughs at first,
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Then must needs lament and weep. Through carelessness he loses his cow. 48979Misfortune. 国际易经网iqing.netThe picture of a bird whose nest burns up indicates loss of one's resting place. This misfortune may overtake the bird if it is heedless and imprudent when building its nest. It is the same with a wanderer. If he lets himself go, laughing and jesting, and forgets that he is a wanderer, he will later have cause to weep and lament. For if through carelessness a man loses his cow — i.e., his modesty and adaptability — evil will result.