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Hexagram 25 | Innocence (The Unexpected) | ||
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Judgement | 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. | |||
Image | Under heaven thunder rolls: All things attain the natural state of innocence. Thus the kings of old, Rich in virtue, and in harmony with the time, Fostered and nourished all beings. | |||
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Expression: Innocent action brings misfortune. Nothing furthers. | |||
Image: 'The action (in this case) of one who is free from insincerity' will occasion the calamity arising from action (when the time for it is) exhausted. | ||||
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Expression: Use no medicine in an illness incurred through no fault of your own. It will pass of itself. | |||
Image: 'Medicine in the case of one who is free from insincerity!'--it should not be tried (at all). | ||||
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Expression: He who can be persevering remains without blame. | |||
Image: 'If he can remain firm and correct there will be no error:'--he firmly holds fast (his correctness). | ||||
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Expression: Undeserved misfortune. The cow that was tethered by someone is the wanderer's gain, the citizen's loss. | |||
Image: 'The passer-by gets the ox:'--this proves a calamity to the people of the neighbourhood. | ||||
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Expression: 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.. | |||
Image: 'He reaps without having ploughed:'--(the thought of) riches to be got had not risen (in his mind). | ||||
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Expression: Innocent behavior brings good fortune. | |||
Image: When 'he who is free from insincerity makes any movement,' he will get what he desires. | ||||