睽 → 震
Hexagram 38: Opposition → Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 6).
Line 2
九二 遇主于巷。无咎。
Nine in the second place means: One meets his lord in a narrow street. No blame.
Line 6
上九 睽孤。見豕負塗。載鬼一車。先張之弧。後說之弧。匪寇婚媾。往遇雨則吉。
Nine at the top means: Isolated through opposition, One sees one's companion as a pig covered with dirt, As a wagon full of devils. First one draws a bow against him, then one lays the bow aside. He is not a robber; he will woo at the right time. As one goes, rain falls; then good fortune comes.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
人生馬淵，壽老且神。飛騰上天，舍宿軒轅，居常樂安。
Born of a human, emerging from Ma Yuan; long-lived, aged, and divine. Flying and soaring to heaven; lodging with Xuanyuan. Dwelling in constancy, joyful and at peace.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire above the lake, and from this tension a being of extraordinary destiny emerges. Born in a horse-abyss — a name evoking the Dragon Pool — this figure achieves great longevity and spiritual transcendence. Flying and soaring, it ascends to heaven and lodges among the stars near the Xuanyuan constellation, dwelling in eternal ease. The 'horse-abyss' birth recalls legends of dragon-horses emerging from sacred waters, while Xuanyuan is the star associated with the Yellow Emperor. From Opposition to The Arousing, doubled thunder shakes the world, and the gentleman cultivates self-reflection through reverent fear. The transformation from celestial flight to thunderous awakening suggests that the transcendence described is not passive escape but dynamic arousal — the thunder that startles the world into awareness.
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