Hexagram 56 旅, Line 3
旅
Hexagram 56 · third line, undivided (nine)
旅焚其次，喪其僮僕，貞厲。
The third line, undivided, shows the stranger, burning his lodging-house, and having lost his servants. However firm and correct he (try to) be, he will be in peril.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
旅焚其次，亦以傷矣。以旅與下，其義喪也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 56 becomes hexagram 35.
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Character glossary
- 旅lǚjourney, trip; to travel
- 焚fénto burn
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 次cìorder, sequence; second, next; one after
- 喪sàngmourning; mourn; funeral
- 僮tóngpage, servant boy
- 僕púto fall forward; prostrate, prone; serva
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 厲lìwhetstone; to grind, to sharpen, to whet
- 亦yìalso, too; likewise
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 傷shāngto injure, to harm; wound, injury; to fa
- 矣yǐparticle of completed action
- 與yǔand; with; to; for; to give, to grant
- 下xiàbelow, underneath; inferior; to bring do
- 義yìright conduct, propriety; justice
- 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.
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