Youthful Folly

Hexagram 4 · (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