Wednesday, September 11, 2013

I Ching: Hexagram 56 - The Lines, Part 3

Nine in the third place means:
The wanderer's inn burns down.
He loses the steadfastness of his young servant.
Danger.


A truculent stranger does not know how to behave properly. He meddles in affairs and controversies that do not concern him; thus he loses his resting place. He treats his servant with aloofness and arrogance; thus he loses the man's loyalty. When a stranger in a strange land has no one left on whom he can rely, the situation becomes very dangerous.
Translator of this version of the I Ching is Richard Wilhelm. If you missed any posts in this series, please utilize the I Ching label below.

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