Judgment
— I Ching · classical
小亨，旅贞吉。
The Wanderer. Success through smallness. Perseverance brings good fortune for the wanderer.
Image
— Great Image
山上有火，旅，君子以明慎用刑而不留狱。
Fire on the mountain: the image of the wanderer. Thus the superior person is clear-minded and cautious in imposing penalties, and protracts no lawsuits.
Six Lines
— Bottom to top
Initial Six · 初六
⚋ yin
旅琐琐，斯其所取灾。
If the wanderer busies themselves with trivial things, they draw down misfortune upon themselves.
Sojourner who fusses over petty matters (lu suo suo) — invites disaster on himself.
Six in the second · 六二
⚋ yin
旅即次，怀其资，得童仆贞。
The wanderer comes to an inn. He has their property with them. They obtain the perseverance of a young servant.
Reaches a safe lodging (lu ji ci); brings their funds; gains a loyal servant. Solid traveling state.
Nine in the third · 九三
⚊ yang
旅焚其次，丧其童仆，贞厉。
The wanderer's inn burns down. They lose the perseverance of their young servant. Danger.
Inn burnt by their own arrogance; servant lost — perseverance there is dangerous.
Nine in the fourth · 九四
⚊ yang
旅于处，得其资斧，我心不快。
The wanderer rests in a shelter. He obtains their property and an axe. My heart is not glad.
Temporary shelter and means (zi fu) — survival yes, but no real belonging; the heart unsatisfied.
Six in the fifth · 六五
⚋ yin
射雉，一矢亡，终以誉命。
He shoots a pheasant. It drops with the first arrow. In the end this brings both praise and office.
Shoots the pheasant (some loss in the attempt), but the gesture wins commendation and appointment — small concession for great esteem.
Nine at the top · 上九
⚊ yang
鸟焚其巢，旅人先笑后号咷，丧牛于易，凶。
The bird's nest burns up. The wanderer laughs at first, then must needs lament and weep. Through carelessness they lose their cow. Misfortune.
Arrogance destroys the only shelter (the bird's nest); laughing turns to weeping; the foundational virtue (the cow) lost through complacency. Misfortune.
Modern Readings
— Interdisciplinary
Career & Management
Overseas expansion, frequent job-hopping transitions, business travel for negotiations. Respect host laws and norms; do not become a guest who tries to rearrange the furniture; guard your cash flow (zi fu).
Psychology & Cognition
'A stranger in a strange land' — prepare for the loneliness of drift. Until you have built a real base, low profile and wariness are survival hygiene.
Decision Guidance
Success through smallness. Modesty and respect (line 5: shoot the pheasant for commendation). Never the swagger of line 6 — burning your own nest.
Western Parallels
— Cross-cultural
The expatriate's wisdom literature (Pico Iyer); Edward Hall's cross-cultural pragmatics; Stoic exile philosophy (Seneca's 'On the Tranquility of Mind'); Hannah Arendt on the condition of the refugee; the Sufi/dervish tradition of voluntary travel.
· All texts here come from public-domain editions of the I Ching and supporting commentary.
· Anygua does not predict, score, schedule, ward, or recommend rituals.
· The same input via the same method will always reproduce the same hexagram — verifiable below.