Hexagram 56 旅, Line 2
旅
Hexagram 56 · second line, divided (six)
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.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
得童僕貞，終无尤也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 56 becomes hexagram 50.
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Character glossary
- 旅lǚjourney, trip; to travel
- 即jípromptly, quickly, immediately
- 次cìorder, sequence; second, next; one after
- 懷huáibosom, breast; to carry in one's bosom
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 資zīwealth, property, capital
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable,
- 僮tóngpage, servant boy
- 僕púto fall forward; prostrate, prone; serva
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 童tóngchild, boy; servant boy; virgin
- 終zhōngend; finally, in the end
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 尤yóuespecially, particularly
- 也yěalso, too
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.