Hexagram 25 无妄, Line 1
无妄
Hexagram 25 · first line, undivided (nine)
无妄，往吉。
The first line, undivided, shows its subject free from all insincerity. His advance will be accompanied with good fortune.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
无妄之往，得志也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 25 becomes hexagram 12.
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Character glossary
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 妄wàngabsurd, foolish, ignorant; rash, reckles
- 往wǎngto go, to depart; past, former
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable,
- 志zhìdetermination, will; mark, sign; to reco
- 也yěalso, too
Data: English Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0); Chinese Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.