謙 → 震
Hexagram 15: Modesty → Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4).
Line 1
初六 謙謙君子。用涉大川。吉。
Six at the beginning means: A superior man modest about his modesty May cross the great water. Good fortune.
Line 3
九三 勞謙君子。有終吉。
Nine in the third place means: A superior man of modesty and merit Carries things to conclusion. Good fortune.
Line 4
六四 无不利撝謙。
Six in the fourth place means: Nothing that would not further modesty In movement.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
陽孤亢極，多所恨惑；車傾蓋亡，身常驚惶。乃得其願，雌雄相從。
Yang, solitary and at its extreme; much cause for resentment and bewilderment. The cart overturns, the canopy lost; the body is ever anxious and alarmed. Yet at last the wish is gained; female and male follow together.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Earth holds the mountain, and the solitary yang reaches its extreme — 陽孤亢極 — breeding regret and confusion. The chariot overturns, its canopy lost, and one lives in constant alarm. Yet suddenly the wish is granted: male and female come together at last. The arc moves from isolation and crisis to unexpected union. From Modesty to The Arousing, doubled thunder shakes the ground — the first son of heaven and earth bursting forth. The Arousing's shock breaks through the paralysis of lonely extremity. The overturned chariot and lost canopy represent the ego's collapse, and from that wreckage comes genuine pairing. Modesty's restraint, when pushed to its limit of solitary endurance, explodes into the thunderous renewal of finding one's counterpart.
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