蒙

本卦象﹕
蒙，亨。匪我求同蒙，同蒙求我。初筮告。再三瀆。瀆則不告。利貞。
蒙者昧也，宛如無根蔓藤，彌漫的將事物遮掩起來；上卦艮山，下卦坎水， 如涉水入山，山下泉湧之象，即未開發的草莽之徵；意謂著赤子之心是十分善良， 必須加以開發、啟蒙，使其受薰陶、培養而造就正直的性格，實踐力行的美德。

初爻﹕
發蒙。利用刑人。用說桎梏，以往吝。
開始很重要。腳踏實地的行事，力量薄弱。

二爻﹕
包蒙，古。納婦，吉。子克家。
大抵上無事。

三爻﹕
勿用取女。見金夫、不有躬。旡攸利。
色慾一起即失敗。女子不貞。

四爻﹕
困蒙。吝。
易被孤立，多聽別人的意見。

五爻﹕
童蒙，吉。
最好誠心向長輩請教。

六爻﹕
擊蒙。不利為寇，利禦寇。
有爭訟，最好以退為進。

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英文﹕M^eng / Youthful Folly

Youthful Folly has success.
It is not I who seek the young fool;
The young fool seeks me.
At the first oracle I inform him.
If he asks two or three times, it is importunity.
If he importunes, I give him no information.
Perseverance furthers.
A spring wells up at the foot of the mountain:
The image of Youth.
Thus the superior man fosters his character
By thoroughness in all that he does.

Six at the beginning means: To make a fool develop It furthers one to apply discipline. The fetters should be removed. To go on in this way brings humiliation.
Nine in the second place means: To bear with fools in kindliness brings good fortune. To know how to take women Brings supreme good fortune. The son is capable of taking charge of the household.
Six in the third place means: Take not a maiden who, when she sees a man of bronze, Loses possession of herself. Nothing furthers.
Six in the fourth place means: Entangled folly brings humiliation.
Six in the fifth place means: Childlike folly brings good fortune.
Nine at the top means: In punishing folly It does not further one To commit transgressions. The only thing that furthers Is to prevent transgressions.

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