The Arousing

Hexagram 51 of 64
Judgment · 卦辞
Shock. Success. Shock comes with terror, then laughter and speech.
震,亨。震來虩虩,笑言啞啞。
Commentary on the Judgment · 彖传
Shock brings success. The shock comes in terror.
震亨,震來虩虩。
Image · 象传
Thunder repeated: shock. The wise person trembles and reflects in self-cultivation.
洊雷,震。君子以恐懼修省。

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Six Lines · 六爻
Line 1
Thunder comes with terror — afterward, laughter and talk. Good fortune.
震来虩虩,后笑言啞啞,吉。
The shock comes terrifying. Fear brings blessing. Laughter and chatter — afterward there is order.
震來虩虩,恐致福也。笑言啞啞,后有則也。
Line 2
Thunder comes with danger — treasures lost, fleeing up the nine hills. Do not chase; in seven days they are found.
震来厉,亿丧贝跻于九陵,勿逐,七日得。
Shock brings danger, because it rides on strength.
震來厲,乘剛也。
Line 3
Thunder brings trembling — if thunder moves you to act, no disaster.
震苏苏,震行无眚。
Shock makes one slack, because position is not fitting.
震苏苏,位不当也。
Line 4
Thunder sinks into the mud.
震遂泥。
Shock gets stuck in mud, its light is not yet shown.
震遂泥,未光也。
Line 5
Thunder comes and goes — great loss is feared, yet nothing of the work is lost.
震往来,億无丧有事。
Shock comes and goes — a perilous path. But the matter is centered, so no great loss.
震往来,危行也。其事在中,大无丧也。
Line 6
Thunder brings shrinking and wild glances — advancing brings misfortune. The thunder strikes not him but his neighbor — no blame. The marriage kin will have words.
震索索,视矍矯,征凶。震不于其躬,于其邻,无咎。婚媾有言。
Shock trembles, the center is not found. Though misfortune, no blame — fear and heed your neighbor's warning.
震索索,中未得也。雖凶无咎,畏邻戒也。
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