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Hexagram 4 of 64
蒙 · Youthful Folly
Upper Trigram
Mountain
Lower Trigram
Water
Description
Inexperience and learning. The young fool seeks the teacher, not the other way around.
The Judgment
Youthful Folly has success. It is not I who seek the young fool; the young fool seeks me.
The Image
A spring wells up at the foot of the mountain. Thus the superior person fosters character through thoroughness in all they do.