Gua 56
☲LiFire
☶GenMountain

— Fu Xi

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Sojourning

— King Wen of Zhou

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Ancient Comments on the Image

— Duke of Zhou

On the mountain there is fire: sojourning.
The exemplary person accordingly applies punishment with clarity and caution, and does not let legal cases linger.

Judgment

— King Wen of Zhou

Sojourning: small coming-through; sojourning is auspicious when steadfast.

Moving Lines

— Duke of Zhou

1
Sojourning in trivialities; this is how he takes upon himself calamity.
2
The traveler reaches the lodging, keeps his resources close, obtains a boy-servant; steadfastness.
3
The traveler burns his lodging, loses his boy-servant; steadfastness is peril.
4
Sojourning at a place, obtaining its resources and axe; my heart is not pleased.
5
Shooting a pheasant, one arrow is lost; ultimately receiving praise and a mandate.
6
The bird burns its nest; the traveler first laughs, then wails. Losing the ox in exchange, disastrous.

Ancient Comments on the Moving Lines

— Confucius

1
Sojourning in trivialities: the intention is exhausted, [leading to] disaster.
2
Obtaining the boy-servant is steadfast; in the end there is no blame.
3
The traveler burns his lodging, and is thus harmed. By sojourning and associating with those below, the fittingness of it is loss.
4
Sojourning at a place—he has not yet obtained the position. Obtaining those resources and axe, the heart is not yet pleased.
5
Ultimately receiving praise and a mandate: reaching the one above.
6
Because sojourning is at the top, its fittingness is burning. Losing the ox in exchange—ultimately no one hears of it.

Ancient Comments on the Judgment

— Confucius

Sojourning, small coming-through: the yielding obtains the center in the outer, and accords with the firm, stops and clings to brightness; therefore there is small coming-through, and sojourning is auspicious when steadfast. The timing and fittingness of sojourning—how great indeed!

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