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Hexagram #4 of 64Meng (Youthful Folly)

Naive Protocol

The unpatched system — learning through structured ignorance.

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Trigram Composition

Upper Trigram

☶ Mountain (Gen)

Lower Trigram

☵ Water (Kan)

Binary Structure

Line 6
Yin (0)
Line 5
Yin (0)
Line 4
Yang (1)
Line 3
Yin (0)
Line 2
Yang (1)
Line 1
Yin (0)

Binary: 010100

Hexagram Meaning

The Oracle Speaks

A spring emerges at the base of a mountain — clear water that does not yet know its path. The student asks the teacher, not the other way around. Query the oracle once with sincerity; repeated queries return noise. Naivety is not a flaw but a starting state. Every expert once ran unpatched.

The Six Lines — Changing Line Oracles

When a line is “changing” (old yin or old yang), its oracle activates. These texts reveal the specific mutation occurring at that position in the hexagram.

1

Line 1 (Yin — broken) — Bottom

Developing the fool. It furthers to discipline. Remove the constraints only when the process matures.

2

Line 2 (Yang — solid)

Bearing with fools gently brings good fortune. A son taking charge of the household. Root access granted to the apprentice.

3

Line 3 (Yin — broken)

Do not take a maiden who sees a man of bronze. She loses possession of herself. Do not chase shiny frameworks.

4

Line 4 (Yang — solid)

Entangled folly brings humiliation. Isolated sandbox errors compound when ignored.

5

Line 5 (Yin — broken)

Childlike folly brings good fortune. The naive query, asked sincerely, receives the truest answer.

6

Line 6 (Yin — broken) — Top

Punishing folly. It does not further to commit offense. Strike only to defend. The firewall blocks, it does not attack.

Related Hexagrams — Upper ☶ Mountain (Gen)

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