25 - Innocence

Contemporary Interpretation

25 - Innocence

Growth that blooms
in passion

Determination
Requires disengagement:
Room for Growth
That starts
In subtlety
And blooms
In passion.

Follow the Path of the Dao: A Western Approximation

The Hexagram's Inner Trigrams

yang yang yang yin yin yang

Upper Trigram: Qian, Heaven

2nd Core Character: Sun, Wind (Tree)

1st Core Character: Gen, Mountain

Lower Trigram: Zhen, Thunder

The Hexagram's Inner Trigrams in the Context of Yin and Yang

The hexagram's inner trigrams within the fields of Yin and Yang

Changes and Impulses

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The unexpected signifies extraneous misfortune.

The image

Under heaven thunder rolls: all things attain the natural state of innocence. Thus the ancient kings, rich in virtue and in accordance with the seasons, cultivated and nurtured all beings.

The judgement

Innocence. Sublime success. Perseverance furthers. If someone is not right, he has misfortune, and it does not further to undertake anything. Full text of Richard Wilhelm's 1924 translation by Cary F. Baynes