25. Innocence (Wu Wang)
Thunder under heaven. Suggests natural behavior and spontaneity without ulterior motives.
Changing Lines
- Line 1: Innocent behavior brings good fortune.
- Line 2: If one does not think of harvesting while plowing, nor of using the ground while clearing it, it furthers one to undertake something.
- Line 3: Undeserved misfortune. The cow that was tethered by someone is the wanderer's gain, the citizen's loss.
- Line 4: He who can be persevering remains without blame.
- Line 5: Use no medicine in an illness that has been contracted through no fault of one's own. It will pass of itself.
- Line 6: Innocent action brings misfortune. Nothing furthers.