The arousing — sudden thunder that startles and awakens.
A shock arrives, unsettling but ultimately clarifying. Stay composed, for the one who keeps inner calm through the thunder is unharmed and can even laugh. Use the jolt to wake and reorder.
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The Arousing (Shock) places Thunder (arousing, moving) above Thunder (arousing, moving). The interplay of these two trigrams gives the hexagram its character.
The Classical Textoriginal Chinese
The Judgment · 卦辞
亨。震来虩虩，笑言哑哑。震惊百里，不丧匕鬯。
The Image · 大象
洊雷，震；君子以恐惧修省。
The Six Lines · 爻辞
- 初九震来虩虩，后笑言哑哑，吉。象曰：震来虩虩，恐致福也。笑言哑哑，后有则也。
- 六二震来厉，亿丧贝，跻于九陵，勿逐，七日得。象曰：震来厉，乘刚也。
- 六三震苏苏，震行无眚。象曰：震苏苏，位不当也。
- 九四震遂泥。象曰：震遂泥，未光也。
- 六五震往来厉，亿无丧，有事。象曰：震往来厉，危行也。其事在中，大无丧也。
- 上六震索索，视矍矍，征凶。震不于其躬，于其邻，无咎。婚媾有言。象曰：震索索，中未得也。虽凶无咎，畏邻戒也。
The judgment, image and line texts above are quoted from the original Zhou Yi. A modern Chinese translation of the full classic is available on the original-text page.