4. 蒙 Youthful Folly

蒙：亨。匪我求童蒙，童蒙求我。初筮告，再三瀆，瀆則不告。利貞。

Méng: Hēng. Fěi wǒ qiú tóng méng, tóng méng qiú wǒ. Chū shì gào, zài sān dú, dú zé bù gào. Lì zhēn.

Success. I do not seek the young fool; the young fool seeks me. The first divination I answer; asking two or three times is disrespect, and I do not answer. Favorable perseverance.

蒙：亨。匪我求童蒙，童蒙求我。初筮告，再三瀆，瀆則不告。利貞。

初六：發蒙，利用刑人，用說桎梏，以往吝。

Chū liù: Fā méng, lì yòng xíng rén, yòng shuō zhì gù, yǐ wǎng lìn.

First line: To dispel folly, it is favorable to use discipline and remove the fetters; to go on that way brings humiliation.

初六：發蒙，利用刑人，用說桎梏，以往吝。

九二：包蒙吉；納婦吉；子克家。

Jiǔ èr: Bāo méng jí; nà fù jí; zi kè jiā.

Second line: Bearing with the foolish brings good fortune. Taking a wife brings good fortune. The son can manage the household.

九二：包蒙吉；納婦吉；子克家。

六三：勿用取女；見金夫，不有躬，无攸利。

Liù sān: Wù yòng qǔ nǚ; jiàn jīn fū, bù yǒu gōng, wú yōu lì.

Third line: Do not take this woman: seeing a man of gold, she loses herself. Nothing favorable.

六三：勿用取女；見金夫，不有躬，无攸利。

六四：困蒙，吝。

Liù sì: Kùn méng, lìn.

Fourth line: Folly trapped. Humiliation.

六四：困蒙，吝。

六五：童蒙，吉。

Liù wǔ: Tóng méng, jí.

Fifth line: Childlike folly. Good fortune.

六五：童蒙，吉。

上九：擊蒙；不利為寇，利禦寇。

Shàng jiǔ: Jī méng; bù lì wèi kòu, lì yù kòu.

Top line: Striking at folly. Not favorable to be the raider; favorable to repel raiders.

上九：擊蒙；不利為寇，利禦寇。