The I Ching Speaks!
25. Wu Wang / Innocence (The Unexpected) ---------- ---------- above Ch'ien The Creative, Heaven ---------- ---- ---- ---- ---- below Ch^en The Arousing, Thunder ---------- The Judgement Innocence. Supreme success. Perseverance furthers. If someone is not as he should be, He has misfortune, And it does not further him To undertake anything. The Image Under heaven thunder rolls: All things attain the natural state of innocence. Thus the kings of old, Rich in virtue, and in harmony with the time, Fostered and nourished all beings. The Lines Six in the third place means: Undeserved misfortune. The cow that was tethered by someone Is the wanderer's gain, the citizen's loss. () Nine in the fifth place means: Use no medicine in an illness Incurred through no fault of your own. It will pass of itself. 30. Li / The Clinging, Fire ---------- ---- ---- above Li The Clinging, Flame ---------- ---------- ---- ---- below Li The Clinging, Flame ---------- The Judgement The Clinging. Perseverance furthers. It brings success. Care of the cow brings good fortune. The Image That which is bright rises twice: The image of Fire. Thus the great man, by perpetuating this brightness, Illumines the four quarters of the world.