Hexagram 51 · ䷲
The Arousing. Success. When it comes, fear brings good fortune. Laughter and talk. When shock terrifies for a hundred miles, he does not drop the sacrificial sp...
Judgment
The Arousing. Success. When it comes, fear brings good fortune. Laughter and talk. When shock terrifies for a hundred miles, he does not drop the sacrificial spoon and chalice.
Image
Repeated thunder represents the Arousing. The noble person in fear and dread examines himself.
Lines
The shock comes with fearful terror. Later, laughter and talk. Good fortune. The shock comes with danger. He lets a hundred thousand units of gold slip away. He climbs nine hills....
The Arousing. Success. When it comes, fear brings good fortune. Laughter and talk. When the shock terrifies for a hundred miles, he does not let fall the sacrificial spoon and chalice.
The Arousing. Success. When it comes, fear brings good fortune. Laughter and talk. When shock terrifies for a hundred miles, he does not drop the sacrificial spoon and chalice.
The Arousing brings success. When it comes, fear brings good fortune, because fear brings good fortune afterward. Laughter and talk: later there are principles. When the shock terrifies for a hundred miles, it startles the far and frightens the near. He who can go out and take care of the altar of the earth and grain can be the master of sacrifices.
The Arousing brings success. Fear brings good fortune because it leads to good fortune afterward. Laughter and talk show later principles. Shocking the far and frightening the near, one who can care for the altar can be master of sacrifices.
Thunder repeated: the image of the Arousing. The noble person in fear and dread sets himself to examine himself.
Repeated thunder represents the Arousing. The noble person in fear and dread examines himself.
The shock comes with fearful terror. Later, laughter and talk. Good fortune.
The shock comes with fearful terror. Later, laughter and talk. Good fortune.
Small Image
The shock comes with fearful terror: fear brings good fortune. Laughter and talk: later there are principles.
Fearful terror with fear brings good fortune. Laughter shows later principles.
The shock comes with danger. He lets a hundred thousand times ten thousand units of gold slip through his bones. He climbs nine hills. He does not pursue the matter, but after seven days he obtains it.
The shock comes with danger. He lets a hundred thousand units of gold slip away. He climbs nine hills. He does not pursue, but after seven days obtains it.
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The shock comes with danger: he rides on the hard.
Danger in shock shows riding on the hard.
The shock comes and makes him distraught. Going forward brings no misfortune.
The shock comes and makes him distraught. Going forward brings no misfortune.
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The shock comes and makes him distraught: his place is not the proper one.
Distraught from shock shows improper position.
The shock comes and buries him in the mud.
The shock comes and buries him in the mud.
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The shock comes and buries him in the mud: the light has not yet been made to shine.
Buried in mud shows light not yet shining.
The shock comes back and forth. Danger. Nothing that would not further, if he watches himself.
The shock comes back and forth. Danger. Nothing not furthered if he watches himself.
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The shock comes back and forth: danger. He watches himself, hence no great loss; his matter is in the middle.
Shock back and forth brings danger. Watching himself brings no great loss because his matter is in the middle.
The shock brings ruin and terrified gazing around. Setting out to bring misfortune. If he does not miss the goal, he receives blame in his neighbor's house. Marriage brings talk.
The shock brings ruin and terrified gazing. Setting out brings misfortune. If he misses not the goal, he receives blame in his neighbor's house. Marriage brings talk.
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The shock brings ruin and terrified gazing around: in the middle he has not yet attained his goal. He receives blame in his neighbor's house: there is no one to blame but himself.
Ruin and terrified gazing shows goal not yet attained in the middle. Blame in neighbor's house shows no one to blame but himself.
What does Chên / The Arousing mean in the I Ching?
The Arousing. Success. When it comes, fear brings good fortune. Laughter and talk. When shock terrifies for a hundred miles, he does not drop the sacrificial sp...
How should I study Hexagram 51 on this page?
Start with the judgment and image, then read the line statements in sequence. The shock comes with fearful terror. Later, laughter and talk. Good fortune. The shock comes with danger. He lets a hundred thousand units of gold slip away. He climbs nine hills....
How can this hexagram be applied in a modern reading?
The Arousing brings success. Fear brings good fortune because it leads to good fortune afterward. Laughter and talk show later principles. Shocking the far and frightening the near, one who can care for the altar can be...
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