Hexagram 51 van 64
Het Opwekkende
震 · Zhèn
Zhen (Thunder) · Zhen (Thunder)
Het Oordeel
Kăn geeft de aanduiding van gemak en ontwikkeling. Wanneer (het moment van beweging) dat het aanduidt komt, zal (het onderwerp van het hexagram) zich tonen met bezorgdheid kijkend, en toch glimlachend en vrolijk sprekend. Wanneer de beweging (als een donderslag) allen binnen honderd lî verschrikt, zal hij zijn (als de oprechte aanbidder) die zich niet laat (verschrikken tot het) loslaten van zijn lepel en (beker) offerwijn.
De zes lijnen
Lijn 1
The first NINE, undivided, shows its subject, when the movement approaches, looking out and around with apprehension, and afterwards smiling and talking cheerfully. There will be good fortune.
Lijn 2
The second SIX, divided, shows its subject, when the movement approaches, in a position of peril. He judges it better to let go the articles (in his possession), and to ascend a very lofty height. There is no occasion for him to pursue after (the things he has let go); in seven days he will find them.
Lijn 3
The third six, divided, shows its subject distraught amid the startling movements going on. If those movements excite him to (right) action, there will be no mistake.
Lijn 4
The fourth NINE, undivided, shows its subject, amid the startling movements, supinely sinking (deeper) in the mud.
Lijn 5
The fifth SIX, divided, shows its subject going and coming amidst the startling movements (of the time), and always in peril; but perhaps he will not incur loss, and find business (which he can accomplish).
Lijn 6
The topmost SIX, divided, shows its subject, amidst the startling movements (of the time), in breathless dismay and looking round him with trembling apprehension. If he take action, there will be evil. If, while the startling movements have not reached his own person and his neighbourhood, (he were to take precautions), there would be no error, though his relatives might (still) speak against him.
Kernthema's
- schok
- ontwaken
- kalmte
- eerbied
Klassieke tekst: de vertaling van James Legge (1882, publiek domein), getoond in het Engels. Vertalingen zijn onderweg.