旅 → 同人
Hexagram 56: The Wanderer → Hexagram 13: Fellowship
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 4, 5).
Line 4
九四 旅于處。得其資斧。我心不快。
Nine in the fourth place means: The wanderer rests in a shelter. He obtains his property and an ax. My heart is not glad.
Line 5
六五 射雉。一矢亡。終以譽命。
Six in the fifth place means: He shoots a pheasant. It drops with the first arrow. In the end this brings both praise and office.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
床傾簀折，屋漏垣缺，季姬不愜。
The bed tilts, the mat splits; the roof leaks, the wall crumbles. Lady Ji is not content.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire on the mountain, and the traveler's dwelling collapses around him. The bed tilts and the mat snaps, the roof leaks and the wall crumbles, and Lady Ji is deeply displeased. Every element of domestic comfort fails simultaneously — the furniture, the structure, the relationship itself. 'Ji Ji' (季姬) likely refers to a noble bride who finds her new household in shambles, her expectations of a stable home bitterly disappointed. From The Wanderer to Fellowship, heaven blazes above fire, suggesting shared illumination. Yet the verse presents the opposite: fellowship requires a solid foundation, and this household offers none. The wanderer who cannot maintain his own dwelling cannot sustain community. Broken furnishings mirror broken bonds.
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