蒙 méng

Youthful Folly

Upper ☰

艮 Gen (Mountain)

earth · Keeping Still

Lower ☷

坎 Kan (Water)

water · Abysmal

📜The Judgment

Youthful folly has success. It is not I who seeks the young fool; the young fool seeks me. Perseverance furthers.

🏔The Image

A spring wells up at the foot of the mountain. The superior person nourishes character through decisive action.

⚊The Lines

Yin

First (Bottom)

To develop the fool, it furthers to apply discipline. Remove shackles, but going too far brings humiliation.

Yang

Second

To bear with fools in kindliness brings good fortune. To know how to accept brings good fortune.

Yin

Third

Do not take a maiden who loses herself at the sight of a man of wealth. No direction furthers.

Yin

Fourth

Entangled folly brings humiliation. Isolation without proper guidance leads nowhere.

Yin

Fifth

Childlike folly brings good fortune. Innocent trust and willingness to learn.

Yang

Sixth (Top)

In punishing folly, it does not further to commit transgressions. Only to prevent them.