The wanderer — a stranger in transit, traveling light.
You are passing through unfamiliar ground without home or standing. Stay modest, reserved, and correct, for a traveler survives by good conduct rather than display. Hold to small, steady aims.
traveltransitionmodestyadaptability
The Wanderer places Fire (clinging, light-giving) above Mountain (still, resting). The interplay of these two trigrams gives the hexagram its character.
The Classical Textoriginal Chinese
The Judgment · 卦辞
小亨，旅贞吉。
The Image · 大象
山上有火，旅；君子以明慎用刑，而不留狱。
The Six Lines · 爻辞
- 初六旅琐琐，斯其所取灾。象曰：旅琐琐，志穷灾也。
- 六二旅即次，怀其资，得童仆贞。象曰：得童仆贞，终无尤也。
- 九三旅焚其次，丧其童仆，贞厉。象曰：旅焚其次，亦以伤矣。以旅与下，其义丧也。
- 九四旅于处，得其资斧，我心不快。象曰：旅于处，未得位也。得其资斧，心未快也。
- 六五射雉一矢亡，终以誉命。象曰：终以誉命，上逮也。
- 上六鸟焚其巢，旅人先笑后号啕。丧牛于易，凶。象曰：以旅在上，其义焚也。丧牛于易，终莫之闻也。
The judgment, image and line texts above are quoted from the original Zhou Yi. A modern Chinese translation of the full classic is available on the original-text page.