Line 06
Top Nine
Freedom from falsehood. Going on brings calamity. Nothing is favorable.
Corresponds to line 3
Commentary
Going on in freedom from falsehood brings the calamity of exhaustion.
25
無妄
Wú Wàng
Hexagram 25: Innocence
彖 · Tuan
Judgment
Freedom from falsehood. Prime success. Favorable to persevere. If it is not correct, there is calamity. It is not favorable to have somewhere to go.
Judgment Commentary · 彖傳
Freedom from falsehood means the firm comes from outside and takes the leading place within. Movement is joined to strength, and firmness is centered and answered. Great success through correctness: this is Heaven's mandate. If it is not correct, there is calamity, and it is not favorable to have somewhere to go. Where can a movement in freedom from falsehood go? If Heaven's mandate does not protect it, how could it proceed?
象 · Xiang
Image
Under Heaven, thunder moves. All things join in freedom from falsehood. The former kings, flourishing in accord with the times, nourished the ten thousand things.
六爻 · Six Lines
Lines
Line 05
Nine in the Fifth
Illness in freedom from falsehood. Use no medicine; there will be joy.
Central Corresponds to line 2
Commentary
Medicine for an illness in freedom from falsehood should not be tried.
Line 04
Nine in the Fourth
One may persevere. No blame.
Corresponds to line 1
Commentary
One may persevere. No blame. It is something firmly possessed.
Line 03
Six in the Third
Calamity in freedom from falsehood. Perhaps a cow is tied up. A passerby gets it; the townsman meets calamity.
Corresponds to line 6
Commentary
The passerby gets the cow; the townsman meets calamity.
Line 02
Six in the Second
Do not plow with harvest in mind; do not clear new land with seasoned fields in mind. Then it is favorable to have somewhere to go.
Central Corresponds to line 5
Commentary
Not plowing for harvest means one is not yet seeking wealth.
Line 01
Initial Nine
Freedom from falsehood. Going on brings Good fortune.
Corresponds to line 4
Commentary
Going on in freedom from falsehood means attaining the will.
卦象 · Guà Xiàng
