䷘ Hexagram 25: Without Embroiling

Judgment

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.

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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.

Description
Hexagram 25 is named 無妄 (wú wàng), “Without Embroiling”. Other variations include “innocence (the unexpected)” and “pestilence”. Its inner trigram is ☳ (震 zhèn) shake = (雷) thunder, and its outer trigram is ☰ (乾 qián) force = (天) heaven.