Hexagram 4 蒙, Line 5
蒙
Hexagram 4 · fifth line, divided (six)
童蒙，吉。
The fifth line, divided, shows its subject as a simple lad without experience. There will be good fortune.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
童蒙之吉，順以巽也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 4 becomes hexagram 59.
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Character glossary
- 童tóngchild, boy; servant boy; virgin
- 蒙méngto cover; to deceive; Mongolia
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 順shùnto submit to, to obey, to go along with
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 巽xùnmild, modest, obedient; southeast; 5th o
- 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.