Hexagram 25 无妄, Line 5
无妄
Hexagram 25 · fifth line, undivided (nine)
无妄之疾，勿藥有喜。
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 (in his recovery).
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
无妄之藥，不可試也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 25 becomes hexagram 21.
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Character glossary
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 妄wàngabsurd, foolish, ignorant; rash, reckles
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 疾jísickness, illness, disease; to envy, to
- 勿wùmust not, do not; without, never
- 藥yàodrugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahuria
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 喜xǐto love; to enjoy, to be happy; joyful,
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
- 試shìto try, to experiment; exam, test
- 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.