旅
lu3Mathews: 4286GSR: 77a
Dictionary Definition
(a, the) wanderer, traveler, itinerant, guest, vagabond, stranger, wayfarer, visitor; wandering; order, sequence, arrangement; backbone, spine, strength; (to) travel, drift, wander, sojourn; dispose, arrange (to be) wandering, traveling, visiting, itinerant, temporary, provisional, ad hoc; a unit of 500 troops
Radical: 70+6 | First occurrence: Hexagram 56.0
Concordance & Context (17 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 56.0
Gua Ci★
(a, the) wanderer, wayfarer, traveler, stranger
旅。小，亨。旅，贞，吉。
With modest fulfillment
The wanderer persists
Promising
Stats: 70+6→ 56.0
(and) (a, the) wanderer, wayfarer, traveler
旅。小，亨。旅，贞，吉。
With modest fulfillment
The wanderer persists
Promising
Xiang Zhuan
(and) (the) travelers, wanderers, strangers
雷在地中，復。先王以至日閉關，商旅不行，后不省方。
Thunder dwells within the earth
To return
The early sovereigns, accordingly, on the day of winter solstice,
closed the frontier pass gates
Merchants and travelers did not move about
Rulers did not inspect the domains
→ 56.0
1st Line
(a, the) wanderer, wayfarer, traveler, stranger
旅瑣瑣，斯其所取災。
The wanderer is fussy and annoying
And so this position courts suffering
→ 56.2
Xiao Xiang 1
(the) wanderer
旅瑣瑣，志窮災也。
56.1x The wanderer (is) fussy (and) annoying:
The objectives (are) exhausted (in) adversity
2nd Line
(a, the) wanderer, wayfarer, traveler, stranger
旅即次，懷其資，得童僕，贞。
The wanderer comes to a camp
Cherishing those resources
And earning a young helper’s loyalty
→ 56.4
3rd Line
(a, the) wanderer, wayfarer, traveler, stranger
旅焚其次，丧其童僕，贞厲。
The wanderer sets fire to their camp
And fails the young assistant
Persisting is hard to do
→ 56.4
Xiao Xiang 3
(the) wanderer
旅焚其次，亦以傷矣。以旅與下，其義丧也。
56.3x The wanderer sets fire to their camp:
And (only) then considers the harm here
* Until (one) wanders with humility
This principle (is) lost
wanders
旅焚其次，亦以傷矣。以旅與下，其義丧也。
56.3x The wanderer sets fire to their camp:
And (only) then considers the harm here
* Until (one) wanders with humility
This principle (is) lost
4th Line
(a, the) wanderer, wayfarer, traveler, stranger
旅于處，得其資斧，我心不快。
The wanderer stays in a shelter
Having secured some wherewithal and an axe
But lamenting “My heart is not at peace”
→ 56.6
Xiao Xiang 4
(the) wanderer
旅于處，未得位也。得其資斧，心未快也。
56.4x The wanderer (stays) in a shelter:
(Having) not yet secured a place
* Securing some valuables (and) an axe:
(But with) a heart less than peaceful
6th Line
(the, this) wandering, traveling; strange
鳥焚其巢，旅人先笑，後號咷。丧牛于易，凶。
Like a bird that burns its own nest
This strange individual begins to laugh
Then follows with wailing and weeping
Forfeiting cattle in the exchange
Disappointing
→ 24.X
Xiao Xiang 6
(the) wanderer
以旅在上，其義焚也。丧牛于易，終莫之聞也。
56.6x Considering that the wanderer is at the top
This one is understandably burned
* Forfeiting cattle in the exchange:
In the end, nobody comes to enquire
Tuan Zhuan
(a, the) wanderer
The wanderer
(Means) modest fulfillment
The flexible finds the balance on the outside
And so complies with firmness
Restraint along with dependence on clarity
This is how, (with) modest fulfillment,
The wanderer’s persistence (is) promising
The wanderer’s appropriate timing (is) very important here!
(the) wanderer’s
The wanderer
(Means) modest fulfillment
The flexible finds the balance on the outside
And so complies with firmness
Restraint along with dependence on clarity
This is how, (with) modest fulfillment,
The wanderer’s persistence (is) promising
The wanderer’s appropriate timing (is) very important here!
(a, the) wanderer
The wanderer
(Means) modest fulfillment
The flexible finds the balance on the outside
And so complies with firmness
Restraint along with dependence on clarity
This is how, (with) modest fulfillment,
The wanderer’s persistence (is) promising
The wanderer’s appropriate timing (is) very important here!
Xiang Zhuan
(a, the) wanderer
山上有火，旅。君子以明，慎用刑，而不留獄。
Atop the mountain is a flame
The wanderer
The noble young one, accordingly, is lucid and prudent
about the function of sanctions
And thus avoids prolonged legal process
→ 56.0
Homophones (lu)
廬lu2(their)(own) hovels, shacks, shanties, slums*履lu3(to) step, take steps, take a step, tread, walk, trample (on, upon); perform, conduct oneself, carry (on, out), honor, fulfill (s, ed, ing); (a, the) step, footstep (s); shoes, sandals; conduct, behavior, path, track, performance, ceremony, function; respectful conduct, heedful conduct陸lu4(on)(the) dry land, high ground, hilltop, slope祿lu4payment, compensation, credit, recompense鹿lu4(a, the) deer, doe, stag, antelope, hind律lu4code, order, rule, regulation (s); a tune +
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