无妄

Hexagram 25: Innocence → Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning

无妄
Innocence
Heaven / Thunder
Difficulty at the Beginning
Water / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 4, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven WaterThe Creative → The Deep
Lower TrigramThunder Thunder

Yilin Verse

偽言妄語,傳相詿誤。道左失跡,不知鄉處。

False words, reckless speech; passed along, leading others astray. Losing one's tracks on the roadside; not knowing where one belongs.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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