无妄 · 诚
Judgement
元亨利贞。其匪正有眚，不利有攸往。
Sublime success, furthered by steadfastness. What is not right has calamity; it does not further one to have somewhere to go.
The Image
天下雷行，物与无妄。先王以茂对时，育万物。
Thunder moves under heaven: innocence. The former kings flourished the people by being timely in all things.
The Lines
无妄，往吉。
Innocence; going is auspicious.
“无妄”之“往”，得志也。
Innocence in going: the will is attained.
不耕获，不菑畬，则利有攸往。
Not ploughing for harvest, not clearing the waste for use; then it furthers to have somewhere to go.
“不耕获”，未富也。
Not ploughing for harvest: not yet rich.
无妄之灾：或系之牛，行人之得，邑人之灾。
Innocence’s calamity: the tied ox — a passerby takes it, the townsman has the loss.
“行人”得牛，“邑人”灾也。
The passerby takes the ox; the townsman has the loss.
可贞，无咎。
What is held can be steadfast; no blame.
“可贞，无咎”，固有之也。
What is held can be steadfast: it is held by nature.
无妄之疾，勿药有喜。
Innocence’s sickness: no medicine, yet there is joy.
“无妄”之“药”，不可试也。
Innocence’s medicine: it must not be tried.
无妄，行有眚，无攸利。
Innocence in action: calamity, nothing furthers.
“无妄”之“行”，穷之灾也。
Innocence in action: exhaustion brings calamity.
Reading
雷行天下，无算计。无妄不是天真，是没有曲曲弯弯的意图——事物只是其本身。经文的反命题是：不期而至、不劳而得的东西，正是无者所得；而算计的人，正因此失去它。