51
震
Zhèn

Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder

彖 · Tuan

Judgment

Success. Shock comes, alarm and alarm. Then come laughter and talk. Shock startles for a hundred li. The ritual spoon and libation are not lost.
Judgment Commentary · 彖傳
Shock means success. Shock comes, alarm and alarm: fear brings blessing. Laughter and talk follow: afterward there is a rule. Shock startles for a hundred li: it startles the distant and frightens the near. The ritual spoon and libation are not lost: going forth, one can guard the ancestral temple and the altars of soil and grain, and thus serve as the sacrificer.
象 · Xiang

Image

Repeated thunder: Shock. The Noble One cultivates self-examination in fear and caution.
六爻 · Six Lines

Lines

Line 06

Top Six
Shock leaves one trembling and staring about. Going forward brings Misfortune. If the shock is not on one's own body but on the neighbor, there is No blame. A marriage alliance brings talk.
Corresponds to line 3
Commentary
Shock leaves one trembling because the center has not yet been attained. Though there is Misfortune, there is No blame, because one takes warning from the neighbor.

Line 05

Six in the Fifth
Shock comes and goes in danger. Nothing is lost in intent, but there are affairs to attend to.
Central Corresponds to line 2
Commentary
Shock coming and going in danger means the course is perilous. The affair is centered, so there is no great loss.

Line 04

Nine in the Fourth
Shock gets mired in mud.
Corresponds to line 1
Commentary
Shock getting mired in mud means it is not yet bright.

Line 03

Six in the Third
Shock leaves one unsettled. Acting within it brings no harm.
Corresponds to line 6
Commentary
Shock leaves one unsettled because the place is not appropriate.

Line 02

Six in the Second
Shock comes with danger. Many cowries are lost. Climb to the nine hills. Do not pursue them. After seven days, they are recovered.
Central Corresponds to line 5
Commentary
Shock comes with danger because this line rides the firm.

Line 01

Initial Nine
Shock comes, alarm and alarm. Then come laughter and talk. Good fortune.
Corresponds to line 4
Commentary
Shock comes, alarm and alarm because fear brings blessing. Laughter and talk follow because afterward there is a rule.
卦象 · Guà Xiàng

Trigrams

Upper Trigram

Chên

Arousing

Element
Wood
Direction
East
Family
Eldest Son
Season
Spring
Lower Trigram

Chên

Arousing

Element
Wood
Direction
East
Family
Eldest Son
Season
Spring
Palace
Zhen Palace
Role: Palace Head
Shi line 6 · Ying line 3
Ruling trigram
Chên

Related hexagrams

Nuclear
Hexagram 39: Obstruction
Opposite
Hexagram 57: The Gentle Wind
Inverse
Hexagram 52: Keeping Still, Mountain
Same palace
Hexagram 16: Enthusiasm
Same palace
Hexagram 40: Deliverance
Same palace
Hexagram 32: Duration

Correspondences

Upper Trigram
震 Chên
Arousing
Lower Trigram
震 Chên
Arousing
Palace
Zhen Palace
Palace 4
Element
木 Wood
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