Hexagram 56 旅 changing to hexagram 50 鼎
Changing line (counted from the bottom): 2.
What to read
One changing line: read the text of that line in the original hexagram. (Rule set out by Zhu Xi in the Yixue qimeng.)
Hexagram 56 旅, line 2
旅即次，懷其資，得僮僕貞。
The second line, divided, shows the stranger, occupying his lodging-house, carrying with him his means of livelihood, and provided with good and trusty servants.
The two hexagrams
Hexagram 56 旅 — judgment
小亨，旅貞吉。
Lii intimates that (in the condition which it denotes) there may be some little attainment and progress. If the stranger or traveller be firm and correct as he ought to be, there will be good fortune.
Hexagram 50 鼎 — judgment
元吉，亨。
Ting gives the intimation of great progress and success.
The changing lines of hexagram 56
| Line | Chinese | Legge |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 旅即次，懷其資，得僮僕貞。 | The second line, divided, shows the stranger, occupying his lodging-house, carrying with him his means of livelihood, and provided with good and trusty servants. |
English: James Legge (1882), public domain. Chinese: Zhou Yi.
Data: English Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0); Chinese Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.