M^ eng / Youthful Folly
above: K^ en Keeping Still, Mountain
below: K'an The Abysmal, Water
Six in the fourth place means:
Entangled folly bring humiliation.
For youthful folly it is the most
hopeless thing to entangle itself in empty imaginings. The more
obstinately it clings to such unreal fantasies, the more certainly will
humiliation overtake it.
Often the teacher, when confronted with such entangled folly, has no
other course but to leave the fool to himself for a time, not sparing
him the humiliation that results. This is frequently the only means of
rescue.