震 → 大有
Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder → Hexagram 14: Great Possession
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 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 3
六三 震蘇蘇。震行无眚。
Six in the third place means: Shock comes and makes one distraught. If shock spurs to action One remains free of misfortune.
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
河伯之功，九州攸同。載祀六百，光烈无窮。
The merit of the River Earl; nine provinces joined as one. Sacrifices offered for six hundred years; his glory and might are without end.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder doubled transforms into fire over heaven: shock ignites great possession. The Earl of the River's merit extends across the Nine Provinces in unity. For six hundred years of sacrificial devotion, his radiance and achievements are boundless. The Earl of the River (河伯) is the god of the Yellow River, a deity whose governance of water flows sustains the entire realm. The 'six hundred years' likely alludes to the duration of the Shang or Zhou dynasty's sacrificial traditions honoring river deities. From The Arousing to Great Possession, fire blazing above heaven, the verse celebrates how thunder's initial energy, when channeled into sustained ritual devotion, yields enduring glory. The divine steward who tames the floods embodies possession that serves all under heaven.
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