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Hexagram 4

By: James Byrd

I.The Oracle 

A. Hexagram four is Meng or Enveloping. Additional interpretations include Discovering, Young Shoot or Youthful Folly. Hexagram 4's lower trigram is Kan: gorge or water. And its upper trigram is Gen: bound or mountain.    

   

B. The Judgment

   1. Youthful Folly has success. It is not I who seeks the young fool; 
       The young fool seeks me. At the first oracle, I inform him.
   2. If he asks two or three times, it is importunity. 
       If he importunes, I give him no information. Perseverance furthers.

C. The Image

  1. A spring wells up at the foot of the mountain:
      a) The image of Youth. The superior man fosters his character,
      b) By thoroughness in all that he does.

II. Another interpretation 

A. "Youthful Folly"

More.....Soon!

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References Byrd, James (2018) "The Future" Huang, Kerson, and Rosemary (1987). I Ching
Karcher, S. and Ritesema, R. (1995). I Ching: The Classic Chinese Oracle of Change [The First Complete Translation with Concordance]
Legge, James (2012). The I Ching: The Book of Changes (Sacred Books of China: The Book of Changes)
Reifler, S. (1974) I Ching: The World's Oldest and Most Revered System of Fortune Telling
Van Over, R. (1971), I Ching
Wilhelm, R., and Baynes. C.F. (1967). The I Ching, or, Book of Changes (Bollingen Series XIX)
Wilhelm, Hellmut and Richard Wilhelm (1995). Understanding the I Ching

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