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 second place means: If one does not count on the harvest while plowing, Nor on the use of the ground while clearing it, It furthers one to undertake something. () Nine in the fifth place means: Use no medicine in an illness Incurred through no fault of your own. It will pass of itself. 38. K'uei / Opposition ---------- ---- ---- above Li The Clinging, Flame ---------- ---- ---- ---------- below Tui The Joyous, Lake ---------- The Judgement Opposition. In small matters, good fortune. The Image Above, fire; below, the lake: The image of Opposition. Thus amid all fellowship The superior man retains his individuality.