大有 → 震
Hexagram 14: Great Possession → Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 6).
Line 2
九二 大車以載。有攸往。无咎。
Nine in the second place means: A big wagon for loading. One may undertake something. No blame.
Line 3
九三 公用亨于天子。小人弗克 。
Nine in the third place means: A prince offers it to the Son of Heaven. A petty man cannot do this.
Line 6
上九 自天祐之。吉无不利。
Nine at the top means: He is blessed by heaven. Good fortune. Nothing that does not further.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
安居重遷，不去其亶；未來相聞，樂得常產。
Settled in home, reluctant to move; one does not leave one's domain. Tidings have not yet come; joyful to possess a lasting livelihood.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Dwelling securely, reluctant to relocate, unwilling to leave one's ancestral land. Neighbors hear of one another but do not intrude, delighting in established property and constant livelihood. The verse celebrates rootedness: the settled person who resists the lure of migration because home already provides sufficiency. Reluctance to move is a positive quality here, signaling deep attachment to place and community. From Great Possession to The Arousing, fire above heaven becomes doubled thunder — sudden, startling force. Yet the verse describes the opposite of arousal: stillness, contentment, staying put. The connection lies in what stabilizes against the shock: when thunder strikes, the one with constant livelihood and deep roots rides out the tremor. Arousal tests; rootedness endures.
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