震 → 履
Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder → Hexagram 10: Treading
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 5, 6).
Line 2
六二 震來厲。億喪貝。躋于九陵。勿逐。七日得。
Six in the second place means: Shock comes bringing danger. A hundred thousand times You lose your treasures And must climb the nine hills. Do not go in pursuit of them. After seven days you will get them back again.
Line 5
六五 震往來厲。意无喪有事。
Six in the fifth place means: Shock goes hither and thither. Danger. However, nothing at all is lost. Yet there are things to be done.
Line 6
上六 震索索。視矍矍。征凶。震不于其躬。于其鄰。无咎。婚媾有言。
Six at the top means: Shock brings ruin and terrified gazing around. Going ahead brings misfortune. If it has not yet touched one's own body But has reached one's neighbor first, There is no blame. One's comrades have something to talk about.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
謀疑八子，更相欺紿。管叔善止，不見邪期。
Plotting with eight sons in doubt, deceiving one another in turn. Guanshu was wise to desist; he did not fall into their treacherous designs.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder doubled meets heaven over lake: shock transformed into careful treading. Eight princes plot with suspicion, deceiving one another in turn. Guan Shu thought he could stop the scheme, yet failed to see the treachery approaching. After King Wu's death, his brothers — led by Guan Shu — suspected the Duke of Zhou of usurping the young King Cheng's power. The Rebellion of the Three Monitors (c. 1042 BC) resulted in Guan Shu's execution. He believed he was defending legitimacy but could not discern the line between loyalty and sedition. From The Arousing to Treading, the verse warns: when thunder's righteous indignation steps onto thin ice, only those who tread with true discernment avoid the tiger's bite.
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