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Hexagram of the day · August 25, 2026

The Wanderer

Hexagram 56 · lǚ · The Wanderer
Original Chinese text · judgment and image

小亨。旅贞吉。

山上有火,旅;君子以明慎用刑而不留狱。

Reading of the day

An image of travel and dwelling as a guest. Drawing this hexagram invites you to move carefully in unfamiliar ground, finding steadiness by keeping to what is upright.

A reflection written by Yarrow Yi, not a quotation from the classic. What, if anything, does this theme bring to your attention today?

Moving line of the dayLine 3

This is line 3, counted from the bottom. Its original Chinese text is below; explore how changing lines work.

九三:旅焚其次,丧其童仆,贞厉。

旅焚其次,亦以伤矣。以旅与下,其义丧也。

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