I Ching · Hexagram 4
Méng: Youthful Folly
A spring rises at the foot of a mountain, not yet knowing its way. Meng is the state of not knowing, which becomes useful when you ask sincerely and are willing to be taught.
- Keywords
- Learning, inexperience, guidance, humility
- Upper trigram
- Mountain (Gen)
- Lower trigram
- Water (Kan)
- Advice
- Ask the question once, honestly, and listen to the answer rather than asking until you hear what you want.
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.