旅 → 豫
Hexagram 56: The Wanderer → Hexagram 16: Enthusiasm
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 6).
Line 1
初六 旅瑣瑣。斯其所取災。
Six at the beginning means: If the wanderer busies himself with trivial things, He draws down misfortune upon himself.
Line 3
九三 旅焚其次。喪其童僕。貞厲。
Nine in the third place means: The wanderer's inn burns down. He loses the steadfastness of his young servant. Danger.
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 6
上九 鳥焚其巢。旅人先笑後號咷。喪牛于易。凶。
Nine at the top means: The bird's nest burns up. The wanderer laughs at first, Then must needs lament and weep. Through carelessness he loses his cow. Misfortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
四亂不安，東西為患。退身止足，无出邦域。乃得完全，賴其生福。
Chaos on four sides, threats from east and west. Withdrawing the self, knowing enough to stop; not venturing beyond the domain. Thus one remains whole and is blessed with life's fortune.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire on the mountain, and turmoil erupts in all four directions. East and west alike breed calamity, and the world beyond the borders is hostile ground. The verse counsels retreat: withdraw, know when to stop, do not venture beyond your own domain. Only then can you remain whole, and your life's blessings be preserved. This is the wanderer who has learned discretion — the traveler who, having seen the dangers of the road, chooses to stay home. From The Wanderer to Enthusiasm, thunder surges from the earth in a burst of joyful energy. Yet the verse tempers this: enthusiasm misapplied is reckless movement outward; true enthusiasm here means the exhilaration of knowing one has chosen safety wisely, the relief of the door bolted against the storm.
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