屯 → 震

Commentary

Clouds and thunder transform into doubled thunder: initial difficulty erupts into energized movement. Turtles and softshell tortoises fill the marketplace, the rivers and seas teeming with abundance. Good prices and fair coin flow freely, and the merchants rejoice. The imagery is purely commercial: luxury goods from the waterways find eager buyers, trade prospers, and everyone profits. From Difficulty at the Beginning to The Arousing, thunder upon thunder doubles the activating force. The marketplace buzzes with the energy of doubled Zhen: startling movement that wakes commerce from stagnation. The initial knot of Zhun's clouds and thunder untangles into productive dynamism, and what was chaotic potential becomes organized exchange. The merchants' delight confirms that the shock has been channeled into prosperity.