蒙 → 无妄
Hexagram 4: Youthful Folly → Hexagram 25: Innocence
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 5).
Line 1
初六 發蒙。利用刑人。用說桎梏。以往吝。
Six at the beginning means: To make a fool develop It furthers one to apply discipline. The fetters should be removed. To go on in this way bring humiliation.
Line 2
九二 包蒙吉。納婦吉。子克家。
Nine in the second place means: To bear with fools in kindliness brings good fortune. To know how to take women Brings good fortune. The son is capable of taking charge of the household.
Line 4
六四 困蒙。吝。
Six in the fourth place means: Entangled folly bring humiliation.
Line 5
六五 童蒙。吉。
Six in the fifth place means: Childlike folly brings good fortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
織金未成，緯畫無名。長子逐兔，鹿起失路。後利不得，因無所據。
The golden weave is not yet finished; the weft-pattern has no name. The eldest son chases a rabbit; a deer springs up, and he loses the path. Later profit is not gained; there is nothing to rely upon.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
A spring beneath the mountain tangles in unfinished threads. The gold brocade is not yet woven, the weft-pattern has no recognizable design. The eldest son chases a hare but startles a deer and loses his way entirely. Later profit eludes him because he has no ground to stand on. Every image speaks of incompletion and distraction — the loom half-threaded, the hunter swerving between quarries. From Youthful Folly to Innocence, the transformation delivers a sharp lesson: heaven's thunder moves through all things without false intent, yet this figure is scattered in every direction. True innocence means acting without ulterior scheming; chasing two animals at once is the opposite of Innocence — it is calculation without commitment.
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