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Youthful Folly Hexagram 4 of the I Ching (Yijing · 周易)
Inexperience seeks the teacher
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The Judgment
Youthful folly — success. It is not I who seek the young fool; the young fool seeks me.
The Six Moving Lines
- Six at the beginningDeveloping the young fool; it furthers one to correct; one should not follow tangled paths.初六：发蒙，利用刑人，用说桎梏，以往吝。
- Nine in the second placeTolerant and kind toward the young fool; to accept a wife brings good fortune; the son can take over the household.九二：包蒙，吉。纳妇，吉。子克家。
- Six in the third placeDo not marry a maiden who sees a bronze man; she has no protection.六三：勿用取女，见金夫，不有躬，无攸利。
- Six in the fourth placeEntangled folly — humiliation.六四：困蒙，吝。
- Six in the fifth placeChildlike folly — good fortune.六五：童蒙，吉。
- Nine at the topIn punishing folly it does not further one to commit transgressions; the only thing that furthers is preventing transgressions.上九：击蒙，不利为寇，利御寇。