乾 → 震
Hexagram 1: The Creative → Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 5, 6).
Line 2
九二 見龍在田。利見大人。
Nine in the second place means: Dragon appearing in the field. It furthers one to see the great man.
Line 3
九三 君子終日乾乾。夕惕若厲。无咎。
Nine in the third place means: All day long the superior man is creatively active. At nightfall his mind is still beset with cares. Danger. No blame.
Line 5
九五 飛龍在天。利見大人。
Nine in the fifth place means: Flying dragon in the heavens. It furthers one to see the great man.
Line 6
上九 亢龍有悔。
Nine at the top means: Arrogant dragon will have cause to repent.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
懸貆素餐，居非其安。失輿剝廬，休坐徒居。
The badger receives an unearned meal, dwelling in a place that is not safe. Losing the carriage, the hut stripped bare; sitting idle, dwelling without purpose.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
A creature hangs idle, consuming a salary without earning it. Dwelling in the wrong place, never at ease. The carriage is lost, the hut stripped bare; one sits idle, occupying space without purpose. From Creative to The Arousing, doubled thunder — shock that forces self-examination. The verse captures the moment before the thunder strikes: someone in a position they do not deserve, eating without working, dwelling in comfort without warrant. Zhen's lightning bolt is the reckoning that strips away false security. The lost carriage and stripped dwelling are not accidents but corrections — the universe redistributing what was wrongly held. The Arousing awakens, and the idle sleeper finds their shelter suddenly gone.
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