The I Ching Speaks!



     4.   M^eng / Youthful Folly

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          ---- ----     above     K^en    Keeping Still, Mountain
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          ----------     below     K'an   The Abysmal, Water
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     The Judgement

          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.
          Perseverance furthers.

     The Image

          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.