Hexagram 51 · line 5
The Arousing (Thunder)
震Zhèn
Shock comes and goes with danger. No great loss; there is work to do.
Line statement
六五
震往來厲，億无喪，有事。
Shock comes and goes with danger. No great loss; there is work to do.
Danger accompanies shock coming and going at Line 5, but the line also speaks of avoiding great loss and continuing work. Its change makes Lake above Thunder, Hexagram 17. Following supplies a second theme alongside repeated disturbance and responsibility.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- outer · center
Line 5 is the center of the outer trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yin in an odd place: not aligned
Its yin polarity does not match the traditional odd-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 2: same polarity
Its counterpart is Line 2; the two share a polarity, so this structural correspondence is not responsive.
One line changes