Hexagram 56, Lǚ (The Wanderer): Line 5
旅卦六五 · 火山旅 · 中文版
六五：射雉一矢亡，终以誉命。
The line (Legge)
The fifth SIX, divided, shows its subject shooting a pheasant. He will lose his arrow, but in the end he will obtain praise and a (high) charge.
Small Image commentary
'In the end he will obtain praise and a (high) charge:' - he has reached a high place.
象曰：终以誉命，上逮也。
In plain words
Shooting a pheasant, one arrow is lost; in the end praise and an appointment. The fifth line is yielding and central in the place of honour; on the road it pays a small price and wins great honour. The Small Image says the praise reaches up to the ruler.
Applying it to your situation
If you have paid a small price for something, this line suggests it was worth it. What has that small cost bought you?
Position
A broken (yin) line in the fifth place, which is a yang (odd) place, so it is not in its proper place. It holds the centre of the upper trigram. Its partner is line 2; both are yin, so they do not respond.
If this line moves
With this line moving alone, Lǚ changes into Hexagram 33 Dùn (Retreat). The Jiaoshi Yilin verse for this change (Chinese): 焦氏易林·旅之遁.
The hexagram
Hexagram 56 Lǚ (The Wanderer). The Judgment: Lu 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.
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English text: James Legge, The Yi King (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 16, 1882), public domain, as transcribed by the Chinese Text Project. Chinese: the received text. Offered for study and reflection, not as prediction. Plain-English readings and position notes by this site.