臨 → 震
Hexagram 19: Approach → Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 4).
Line 2
九二 咸臨吉。无不利。
Nine in the second place means: Joint approach. Good fortune. Everything furthers.
Line 4
六四 至臨。无咎。
Six in the fourth place means: Complete approach. No blame.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
折若蔽目，不見稚叔；三足孤烏，遠離室家。
Branches snap and screen the eyes, one cannot see the younger uncle; the three-legged solitary crow wanders far from hearth and home.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Earth above the lake erupts into doubled thunder — the Arousing's repeated shocks. Broken branches screen the eyes; one cannot see the young lord. The three-legged solitary crow flies far from its home. Obstructed vision and exile converge: something — perhaps foliage, perhaps deliberate obstruction — blocks the view of a beloved figure, while the sun-crow, normally a symbol of cosmic radiance, is here alone and displaced. The three-legged crow dwells in the sun; isolated from its celestial home, it embodies brilliance exiled from its proper seat. From Approach to the Arousing, the elder's steady gaze is shattered by successive shocks. Thunder upon thunder jolts the one who once looked down with calm authority into disorientation and separation.
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