Meng

Reveal the fool - exemplary punishments.

Enlightenment education is favorable for using examples to correct people, freeing them from shackles, but blindly advancing brings difficulty.

Tolerate ignorance - fortune.

Tolerating the ignorant is auspicious. Taking a wife is auspicious. The son can manage the household.

Do not marry this woman.

Do not marry such a woman—seeing a rich man, she forgets herself; there is no benefit. This warns against fickleness in learning.

Trapped in ignorance - regret.

Trapped in ignorance, the situation is difficult—far from a wise teacher, isolated and without help.

Childlike ignorance - fortune.

A childlike ignorant person is auspicious—humbly seeking instruction brings good fortune.

Correct ignorance - as defender.

Enlightening by force is unfavorable; using defensive methods is favorable.