旅 · 羁
Judgement
小亨,旅贞吉。
Small success. For the wanderer, steadfastness is auspicious.
The Image
山上有火,旅。君子以明慎用刑而不留狱。
Above the mountain, fire: the wanderer. So the superior man is clear and cautious in applying punishments, and does not prolong cases.
The Lines
旅琐琐,斯其所取灾。
The wanderer is trivial and busy; this is how he invites calamity.
“旅琐琐”,志穷灾也。
The wanderer is trivial and busy: his will is exhausted — calamity.
旅即次,怀其资,得童仆,贞。
The wanderer arrives at his resting place; he holds his goods, gains a young servant. Steadfastness.
“得童仆,贞”,终无尤也。
He gains a young servant, steadfastness: in the end no fault.
旅焚其次,丧其童仆,贞厉。
The wanderer’s resting place burns; he loses his young servant. Steadfastness in danger.
“旅焚其次”,亦以伤矣;以旅与下,其义“丧”也。
The wanderer’s resting place burns: he is also wounded. Treating those below as fellow travellers: by meaning, he loses them.
旅于处,得其资斧,我心不快。
The wanderer is at his place; he gains his goods and axe; my heart is not glad.
“旅于处”,未得位也;“得其资斧”,心未快也。
The wanderer is at his place: he has not gained his place. He gains his goods and axe: his heart is not yet glad.
射雉,一矢亡;终以誉命。
He shoots the pheasant; one arrow is lost; in the end he is praised and given command.
“终以誉命”,上逮也。
In the end he is praised and given command: it reaches above.
鸟焚其巢,旅人先笑后号啕;丧牛于易,凶。
The bird burns its nest; the wanderer first laughs, then howls. He loses his ox in the borderlands. Ill.
以旅在上,其义“焚”也;“丧牛于易”,终莫之闻也。
Being a traveller above: by meaning, it burns. Losing his ox in the borderlands: in the end none hear of it.
Reading
火行山上:亮,暂,一无所有。旅卦讲在他人之地的体统——小,留心,不停留。唯一一条指令关于怨:带着怨走的旅人,扛的从来不是自己的行李。