Hexagram 25 Line 2: 六二
Position: Line 2 (Lower Trigram)六二 —Yin ⚋ (Broken)Register: blameless
Classical Chinese Text
六二 不耕穫。不菑畬。則利有攸往。
不bùwhen
耕gēngploughing
穫huòto
不bùand when
菑zīclearing
畬yúin
則zéthen
利lìworthwhile
有yǒuto have
攸yōusomewhere
往wǎngto go
Line Commentary
Work without calculating the harvest. Clear the ground without planning what you'll plant. When you act without scheming, everything you do furthers. Outcome-fixation is the enemy of good work.
When This Line Changes
If Line 2 changes, Hexagram 25 Wu Wang (Innocence) transforms into Hexagram 10 Lu (Treading).
Parent Hexagram
Innocence
Wu Wang無妄 (25)
Heaven (乾) over Thunder (震)
Upper Trigram: ☰ Heaven | Lower Trigram: ☳ Thunder