04 / 17 Youthful Folly
Masking, Educating
(22->04->47->49)

"MENG : cover, pull over, hide, conceal; lid or cover; clouded awareness, dull; ignorance, immaturity; unseen beginnings. The ideogram: plant and covered, hidden growth"ERANOS p124

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"[From containment comes retention/selectivity : Masking].
One uses maturing to nurture self development."

In a context of containment we utilise discernment.

Commentary

In hexagram 04 the goal here is learning (the lines deal with both student and teacher) and thus developing a sense of security. This is the act of learning how to put on one's social 'mask' with an emphasis on rote teaching/learning.

Hexagram 04 is the general form of hexagram 43

The Traditional Single Line Change Comments:

Line 1

"Education requires self-discipline. This needs to be shown at the beginning. Once understood, there is no longer any need to keep enforcing it [avoid excess] since this can lead to dangers."

Line 2

"Learning responsibility includes understanding and respecting the differences in people, both in mind and in body."

Line 3

"Although personally responsible, when faced with the task of taking on social responsibilities one needs to be wary of imitating the apparently more experienced to the extent of losing one's dignity. Keep refining one's self; do not adopt the self of another."

Line 4

"Whilst developing, it is possible for one to become too engrossed and therefore entangled in things, thus leading to humiliation and loss of direction. This lesson needs to be learnt through the humiliation not guidance."

Line 5

"The trust and confidence of a child enables one to willingly be taught."

Line 6

"It is important that social balance (order) be maintained at all times. Development sometimes leads to transgressions. These need to be punished."

Extended Commentary

The raw context from which this has developed is described by hexagram 19 Approaching/Defering. We pass through hexagram 29 Containing before reaching here.

Transformative methods

By introducing this hexagram as context, you can change a state described by any other hexagram into a state described by hexagram 07. To make a state associated with another hexagram transform into this state, introduce hexagram 07 as context.

It is important to remember that, when using transformative methods, the more lines requiring change, the more energy required when attempting to introduce a different context. It may therefore be of benefit to work on existing changing lines and achieve your goal in steps rather than attempt, for example, a six-line change all at once.

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