☯️ 蒙 (Méng) - Youthful Folly
Youthful Folly has success. It is not I who seek the young fool; the young fool seeks me. At the first oracle I inform him. If he asks two or three times, it is importunity. If he importunes, I give him no information. - A spring wells up at the foot of the mountain: the image of Youth. Thus the superior man fosters his character by thoroughness in all that he does.
Verses
Verse 1
蒙，亨。匪我求童蒙，童蒙求我
méng, hēng. fěi wǒ qiú tóng méng, tóng méng qiú wǒ
Youthful Folly has success. It is not I who seek the young fool; the young fool seeks me.
Verse 2
初六：發蒙，利用刑人
chū liù: fā méng, lì yòng xíng rén
Six at the beginning: To make a fool develop, it furthers one to apply discipline.
Verse 3
九二：包蒙吉，納婦吉，子克家
jiǔ èr: bāo méng jí, nà fù jí, zǐ kè jiā
Nine in the second place: To bear with fools in kindliness brings good fortune. To know how to take women brings good fortune. The son is capable of taking charge of the household.
Verse 4
六三：勿用取女
liù sān: wù yòng qǔ nǚ
Six in the third place: Take not a maiden who, when she sees a man of bronze, loses possession of herself.
Verse 5
六四：困蒙，吝
liù sì: kùn méng, lìn
Six in the fourth place: Entangled folly brings humiliation.
Verse 6
六五：童蒙，吉
liù wǔ: tóng méng, jí
Six in the fifth place: Childlike folly brings good fortune.
Verse 7
上九：擊蒙，不利為寇，利禦寇
shàng jiǔ: jī méng, bù lì wéi kòu, lì yù kòu
Nine at the top: In punishing folly, it does not further one to commit transgressions. The only thing that furthers is to prevent transgressions.