Hexagram 56: Lǚ (The Wanderer) · Takashima Ekidan

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Huo Shan Lu (Volcano Traveling), Lu: Small progress/success. Perseverance in wan...

Recorded Cases (6)

A friend asks about his fortunes while traveling abroad (Initial Six: The traveler is preoccupied with petty trifles, leaving their lodging and attracting disaster upon themselves.)
Visiting a Kyushu coal mine and advising its staff in 1884 (Meiji 17) (Six at Second: The traveler arrives at the inn, carries money, and gains the loyalty of servants.)
Meeting Abbot Unsho of the Shingon Sect regarding monastic discipline in 1885 (Meiji 18) (Nine at the third line: The traveler's inn is burned down, and he loses his servants. Persevering brings danger.)
A high dignitary asks about an envoy's diplomatic appointment in 1885 (Meiji 18) (Nine at the fourth line: The traveler rests in a temporary place, gains his funds and axe, but my heart is not pleased.)
Divining the political fortunes of a senior statesman in 1891 (Meiji 24) (Six at the fifth line: Shooting a pheasant; one arrow is lost, but in the end he receives praise and an appointment.)
Journalists inquire about the Otsu Incident in Osaka at dawn in May 1891 (Meiji 24) (Nine at the top line: A bird burns its nest. The traveler first laughs and then cries out in grief. Losing his ox at Yi; ominous.)