4-1 山水蒙 / ｻﾝｽｲﾓｳ / Youthful Folly【原文】

卦辞（THE JUDGMENT)

蒙、亨。匪我求童蒙。童蒙求我。

初筮告。再三瀆。瀆則不告。利貞。

YOUTHFUL FOLLY has success.

It is not I who seek the young fool;

The young fool seeks me.

At the first oracle I inform him.

If he asks two or three times, it is importunity.

If he importunes, I give him no information.

Perseverance furthers.

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彖伝（THE EXPLAINING）

彖曰、蒙、山下有険。

険而止蒙。蒙亨、以亨行、時中也。

非我求童蒙、童蒙求我、志応也。

初筮告、以剛中也。再三瀆、瀆則不告、瀆蒙也。

蒙以養正、聖功也。

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象伝（THE IMAGE）

象曰、山下出泉蒙。君子以果行育徳。

A spring wells up at the foot of the mountain:

The image of YOUTH.

Thus the superior man fosters his character

By thoroughness in all that he does.

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爻辞（THE LINE)

初六。発蒙。利用刑人。用説桎梏、以往吝。

象曰、利用刑人、以正法也。

Six at the beginning means:

To make fool develop

It furthers one to apply discipline.

The fetters should be removed.

To go on in this way brings humiliation.

九二。包蒙、吉。納婦、吉。子克家。

象曰、子克家、剛柔接也。

Nine in the second place means:

To bear with fools in kindliness brings good fortune.

Brings good fortune.

The son is capable of taking charge of the household.

六三。勿用取女。見金夫、不有躬。无攸利。

象曰、勿用取女、行不順也。

Six in the third place means:

Take not a maiden who, when she sees a man of bronze,

Loses possession of herself.

Nothing furthers.

六四。困蒙。吝。

象曰、困蒙之吝、独遠実也。

Six in the fourth place means:

Entangled folly brings humiliation.

六五。童蒙、吉。

象曰、童蒙之吉、順以巽也。

Six in the fifth place means:

Childlike folly brings good fortune.

上九。撃蒙。不利為寇。利禦寇。

象曰、利用禦寇、上下順也。

Nine at the top means:

In punishing folly

It does not further one

To commit transgressions.

The only thing that furthers

Is to prevent transgressions.