Hexagram 56 · line 2
The Wanderer
旅Lǚ
The traveler reaches lodging, carries their provisions, and gains a trustworthy young attendant.
Line statement
六二
旅即次，懷其資，得童僕貞。
The traveler reaches lodging, carries their provisions, and gains a trustworthy young attendant.
Lodging, provisions, and a trustworthy attendant provide practical support at Line 2. Changing it makes Wind below Fire, Hexagram 50. The cauldron offers a second image of sustenance alongside the traveler’s temporary resources.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- inner · center
Line 2 is the center of the inner trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yin in an even place: aligned
Its yin polarity matches the traditional even-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 5: same polarity
Its counterpart is Line 5; the two share a polarity, so this structural correspondence is not responsive.
One line changes