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 at the top means: Innocent action brings misfortune. Nothing furthers. 49. Ko / Revolution (Molting) ---- ---- ---------- above Tui The Joyous, Lake ---------- ---------- ---- ---- below Li The Clinging, Flame ---------- The Judgement Revolution. On your own day You are believed. Supreme success, Furthering through perseverance. Remorse disappears. The Image Fire in the lake: the image of Revolution. Thus the superior man Sets the calendar in order And makes the seasons clear.