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HEXAGRAM 4 OF 64 MOUNTAIN OVER WATER

YOUTHFUL FOLLY

蒙 Méng

inexperience, learning, a student and a teacher, asking once, discipline

ROASTIE

Youthful Folly. A mountain sitting on a spring. The book says the fool seeks the teacher, and if the fool asks the same question three times, the teacher stops answering. That's you and your group chat. They stopped answering in April. You're still typing. Ya roasted!

THE JUDGMENT

Success. The teacher does not seek the young fool; the fool seeks the teacher. Answer the first question; pestering gets no reply. Firmness helps.

THE LINES, BOTTOM TO TOP

  1. Line 1 To dispel ignorance, discipline is useful; loosen the shackles, but pushing further brings regret.
  2. Line 2 Patience with the ignorant brings good fortune; taking a wife brings good fortune; the son can manage the household.
  3. Line 3 Do not marry a woman who loses herself at the sight of a rich man; nothing good comes of it.
  4. Line 4 Trapped in ignorance and bound by it; there will be regret.
  5. Line 5 A simple, unspoiled youth who is willing to learn; good fortune.
  6. Line 6 Punishing the ignorant; it does no good to act like a robber, only to keep robbers away.
THROW YOUR OWN ALL SIXTY-FOUR

Text: the I Ching, after James Legge's 1882 translation, public domain, trimmed into plain English. The take: a coffee bean, licensed in nothing.