震 → 大壯
Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder → Hexagram 34: Great Power
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 3).
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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
夏臺羑里，湯文阨處。鬼侯歠醢，岐人悅喜。
Xiatai and Youli — the straits where Tang and Wen were held. The lord of Gui was made into mincemeat; the people of Qi rejoiced.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder doubled transforms into thunder over heaven: shock intensified into Great Power. Xiatai and Youli — the prisons where Tang and Wen endured their trials. The Ghost Marquis was made into meat paste; the people of Qi rejoiced. According to the Shiji, King Zhou of Shang imprisoned King Tang's predecessor at Xiatai and King Wen at Youli. The 'Ghost Marquis' (鬼侯, also called Marquis of Jiu) was one of the Three Dukes who was ground into meat sauce by King Zhou for displeasing him. Yet from this nadir of tyranny, the Zhou people drew strength. From The Arousing to Great Power, thunder atop heaven, the verse celebrates how the unjust suffering of the righteous generates the explosive energy that overthrows the oppressor. Power forged in prison is the most dangerous kind.
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