六十四卦

Youthful Folly

4

上卦

Mountain

下卦

Water

卦辭

Youthful Folly has success. It is not I who seek the young fool; the young fool seeks me.

象辭

A spring wells up at the foot of the mountain. Thus the superior person fosters his character by thoroughness in all that he does.

爻辭

1

To make a fool develop it furthers to apply discipline.

2

To bear with fools in kindliness brings good fortune.

3

Take not a maiden who loses possession of herself.

4

Entangled folly brings humiliation.

5

Childlike folly brings good fortune.

6

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