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Wú Wàng — Nothing False

天雷无妄 · Legge: Wu Wang · Heaven above, Thunder below

Acting without a false motive: what follows is not punishment, and over-correcting makes it worse.

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The Judgment

Wú Wàng. Great progress and success, while there will be advantage in being firm and correct. If be not correct, he will fall into errors, and it will not be advantageous for him to move in any direction.

Legge’s 1882 translation

Wu Wang indicates great progress and success, while there will be advantage in being firm and correct. If (its subject and his action) be not correct, he will fall into errors, and it will not be advantageous for him to move in any direction.

The Image

XXV. The thunder rolls all under the sky, and to (every)thing there is given (its nature), free from all insincerity. The ancient kings, in accordance with this, (made their regulations) in complete accordance with the seasons, thereby nourishing all things.

天下雷行,物与无妄;先王以茂对时育万物。

The Six Lines

The first nine · 初九

The first line, undivided, shows its subject free from all insincerity. His advance will be accompanied with good fortune.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The first nine, undivided, shows its subject free from all insincerity. His advance will be accompanied with good fortune.

The second six · 六二

The second line, divided, shows one who reaps without having ploughed, and gathers the produce of his third year's fields without having cultivated them the first year for that end. To such a one there will be advantage in whatever direction he may move.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The second six, divided, shows one who reaps without having ploughed (that he might reap), and gathers the produce of his third year's fields without having cultivated them the first year for that end. To such a one there will be advantage in whatever direction he may move.

The third six · 六三

The third line, divided, shows calamity happening to one who is free from insincerity; as in the case of an ox that has been tied up. A passer by finds it, while the people in the neighborhood have the calamity.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The third six, divided, shows calamity happening to one who is free from insincerity;-as in the case of an ox that has been tied up. A passer by finds it (and carries it off), while the people in the neighborhood have the calamity (of being accused and apprehended).

The fourth nine · 九四

The fourth line, undivided, shows in which, if its subject can remain firm and correct, there will be no error.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The fourth nine, undivided, shows (a case) in which, if its subject can remain firm and correct, there will be no error.

The fifth nine · 九五

The fifth line, undivided, shows one who is free from insincerity, and yet has fallen ill. Let him not use medicine, and he will have occasion for joy.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The fifth nine, undivided, shows one who is free from insincerity, and yet has fallen ill. Let him not use medicine, and he will have occasion for joy (in his recovery).

The topmost nine · 上九

The topmost line, undivided, shows its subject free from insincerity, yet sure to fall into error, if he take action. His action will not be advantageous in any way.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The topmost nine, undivided, shows its subject free from insincerity, yet sure to fall into error, if he take action. (His action) will not be advantageous in any way.

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