Innocence (无妄) — Hexagram 25. I Ching constitutional reading from 知己 Zhiji.
I Ching · Hexagram 25

Innocence 无妄

☰ over ☳ · Heaven over Thunder
无妄。元亨利贞。其匪正有眚,不利有攸往。

Heaven over Thunder. Action without calculation. The unplanned that is perfectly correct.

The Lines

初九:无妄,往吉。

Line 1 — Innocent behavior brings good fortune. The impulse is clean. Follow it.

六二:不耕获,不菑畬,则利有攸往。

Line 2 — If one does not count on the harvest while plowing. Work without attachment to outcome.

六三:无妄之灾,或系之牛,行人之得,邑人之灾。

Line 3 — Undeserved misfortune. Bad things happen to good people. This is weather, not justice.

九四:可贞,无咎。

Line 4 — What belongs to you cannot be lost. What is genuinely yours survives everything.

九五:无妄之疾,勿药有喜。

Line 5 — Use no medicine for an illness incurred through no fault of your own. Don't treat what doesn't need treating.

上九:无妄,行有眚,无攸利。

Line 6 — Innocent action brings misfortune. The timing is wrong. Even innocent action at the wrong moment fails.

Nuclear Hexagram

Nuclear Hexagram: 53 渐 (Gradual Progress)

What is genuine grows at its own pace.

Practical Application

Stop calculating. Act from what you know is true.

你在哪里。问知己。

Know where you are. Ask 知己.

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