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蒙 亨。匪我求童蒙。童蒙求我。初筮告。再三瀆。瀆則不告。利貞。
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.初六 6 at the start
發蒙。利用刑人。用說桎梏。以往吝
To make a fool develop it furthers one to apply discipline. The fetters should be removed. To go on in this way brings humiliation.九二 9 in the 2nd
包蒙吉。納婦吉。子克家。
To bear with fools in kindliness brings good fortune. To know how to take women brings good fortune. The son is capable of taking charge of the household.六三 6 in the 3rd
勿用取女。見金夫。不有躬。无攸利。
Take not a maiden who, when she sees a man of bronze,loses possession of herself. Nothing furthers.六四 6 in the 4th
困蒙。吝。
Entangled folly brings humiliation.六五 6 in the 5th
童蒙。吉。
Childlike folly brings good fortune.上九 9 at the top
擊蒙。不利為寇。利禦寇。
In punishing folly it does not further one to commit transgressions. The only thing that furthers is to prevent transgressions.