Hexagram 25 无妄, Line 6
无妄
Hexagram 25 · sixth line, undivided (nine)
无妄，行有眚，无攸利。
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.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
无妄之行，窮之災也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 25 becomes hexagram 17.
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Character glossary
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 妄wàngabsurd, foolish, ignorant; rash, reckles
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 眚shěngcataract; fault, error, crime
- 攸yōudistant, far; adverbial prefix
- 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 窮qióngpoor, destitute; to exhaust
- 災zāidisaster, catastrophe, calamity
- 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.