I Ching · Hexagram 25
Wú Wàng: Innocence
Thunder rolls beneath heaven, natural and unplanned. Wu Wang is acting from a sincere heart without hidden motives; it also warns that the unexpected can happen to anyone.
- Keywords
- Sincerity, spontaneity, honesty, the unexpected
- Upper trigram
- Heaven (Qian)
- Lower trigram
- Thunder (Zhen)
- Advice
- Act honestly and don't scheme for results; meet surprises calmly.
Changing lines
When you cast this hexagram, any changing line is turning into its opposite: yang into yin, or yin into yang. Changing them gives a second hexagram that suggests where things are heading. Hexagram meanings are a starting point for reflection, not predictions.