Hexagram 25 · ䷘
Innocence brings supreme success. Perseverance furthers. However, if one is not as one should be, misfortune follows, and nothing undertaken will succeed.
Judgment
Innocence brings supreme success. Perseverance furthers. However, if one is not as one should be, misfortune follows, and nothing undertaken will succeed.
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Thunder rolling under heaven represents all things attaining natural innocence. The kings of old used this symbolism to issue beneficent decrees and proclaim them to all people.
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Innocent, spontaneous behavior brings good fortune through natural sincerity. Not expecting harvest while plowing, nor benefit while clearing land—this pure intention furthers all...
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.
Innocence brings supreme success. Perseverance furthers. However, if one is not as one should be, misfortune follows, and nothing undertaken will succeed.
Innocence brings supreme success, because the firm comes from the outside and becomes the ruler within. Movement in accordance with heaven. The great man takes his place in accordance with the will of heaven. If someone is not as he should be, he has misfortune, because he misses the right time for action.
Innocence brings supreme success because the firm energy comes from outside and becomes the ruler within. Movement accords with heaven's way. The great person acts according to heaven's will. If one is not as one should be, misfortune comes because the right time for action is missed.
Under heaven thunder rolls: all things attain the natural state of innocence. The kings of old, in accordance with this, made their beneficent decree and proclaimed it to all the people.
Thunder rolling under heaven represents all things attaining natural innocence. The kings of old used this symbolism to issue beneficent decrees and proclaim them to all people.
Innocent behavior brings good fortune.
Innocent, spontaneous behavior brings good fortune through natural sincerity.
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Innocent behavior brings good fortune, because the will is directed toward the goal within.
Innocent behavior brings good fortune because the will is properly directed inward.
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.
Not expecting harvest while plowing, nor benefit while clearing land—this pure intention furthers all undertakings.
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Not counting on the harvest: one does not seek to enrich oneself.
Not counting on the harvest shows one who does not seek selfish enrichment.
Undeserved misfortune. The cow that was tethered by someone is the wanderer's gain, the citizen's loss.
Undeserved misfortune strikes. A tethered cow strays to become the wanderer's gain and the owner's loss.
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The wanderer's gain, the citizen's loss. The weak cannot bear the misfortune.
The wanderer's gain and citizen's loss shows the weak cannot endure such misfortune.
He who can be persevering remains without blame.
Remaining persevering in innocence keeps one without blame despite difficulties.
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He who can be persevering remains without blame, because his firmness is correct.
Remaining without blame through perseverance shows one's firmness is correct.
Use no medicine in an illness incurred through no fault of your own. It will pass of itself.
When illness comes through no fault of your own, use no medicine. It will pass naturally.
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Use no medicine in an illness. It will pass of itself, because one is not to be tested.
Using no medicine for innocent illness shows one who does not force unnatural solutions.
Innocent action brings misfortune. Nothing furthers.
Innocent action that ignores circumstances brings misfortune. Nothing can further such blind action.
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Innocent action brings misfortune, because one holds on too long.
Innocent action bringing misfortune shows the error of holding on too long.
What does Wu Wang / Innocence mean in the I Ching?
Innocence brings supreme success. Perseverance furthers. However, if one is not as one should be, misfortune follows, and nothing undertaken will succeed.
How should I study Hexagram 25 on this page?
Start with the judgment and image, then read the line statements in sequence. Innocent, spontaneous behavior brings good fortune through natural sincerity. Not expecting harvest while plowing, nor benefit while clearing land—this pure intention furthers all...
How can this hexagram be applied in a modern reading?
Innocence brings supreme success because the firm energy comes from outside and becomes the ruler within. Movement accords with heaven's way. The great person acts according to heaven's will. If one is not as one should...
Primary text: Zhouyi / I Ching, including the Judgment, Image, line texts, and related commentaries.
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