méng
inexperience
Inexperience.
hēng
growth
Growth.
fěi wǒ qiú tóng méng
bandit • me • search • child • inexperience
It is not me who seeks the inexperienced child;
tóng méng qiú wǒ
child • inexperience • search • me
It is the inexperienced child who seeks me.
chū shì gào
begin • check fate • inform
At the first consultation of fate, instruct.
zài sān dú
a second time • three • to pester
A second, a third manifest an overflow.
dú zé bù gào
importuner • so • not • inform
In case of overflow, do not instruct.
lì zhēn
profitable • omen
Consistency is profitable.
Structure of Hexagram 4
In hexagram 4, there are twice as many yin lines as yang lines. It is preceded by H3 屯 chún 'Initial Difficulty' (they belong to the same pair), and followed by H5 需 xū 'Waiting'. Its Opposite is H49 革 gé 'Revolution'. Its Nuclear hexagram is H24 復 fù 'Return'. The master lines are the second and the fifth.
The Mantic Formulas used in this text are: 亨 hēng; 利貞 lì zhēn.