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I Ching - No.4 - Meng - 'Youthful Folly', by Faye Edmondson

I Ching - No.4 - Meng - 'Youthful Folly', by Faye Edmondson

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This is the original watercolour painting. Picture size 53cm H x 81cm W.

*All the original works are mounted in black painted wooden frames and glazed.

Please note - the image you see online is faintly watermarked for Copyright Protection.

Interpretation.

Stopping in perplexity on the brink of danger is a symbol of the folly of youth. Folly is not an evil and success can be achieved in spite of it as long as an experienced teacher is found, and the right attitude to learning is developed. First of all the youth must become aware of his lack of experience and must seek out the teacher. Only with this modesty has he demonstrated the necessary receptivity which should express itself in respectful acceptance of the teacher. Therefore the teacher must not offer himself but must wait until sought. The teacher’s answers to the pupil’s questions must be clear and definite in order to form the basis for decision making. If mistrustful or unintelligent questioning is kept up the teacher will ignore it in silence.

Water is something that of necessity flows on. When a spring gushes, at first it does not know which direction to take but its steady flow fills up all the dips and holes in its path and only then is progress ensured. In the same way, given a perseverance that does not slacken, the pupil will master the points one by one and success is sure to follow.

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