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Youthful Folly

Hexagram 4 · 蒙 (Méng)

Upper: Mountain · Lower: Water

Judgment (卦辞)

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

Image (象辞)

“A spring wells up at the foot of the mountain: the image of Youthful Folly. Thus the superior person fosters their character by thoroughness in all they do.”

Structure

Upper Trigram

Mountain

Lower Trigram

Water