震 → 升
Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder → Hexagram 46: Pushing Upward
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4).
Line 1
初九 震來虩虩。後笑言啞啞。吉。
Nine at the beginning means: Shock comes–oh, oh! Then follow laughing words–ha, ha! Good fortune.
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 4
九四 震遂泥。
Nine in the fourth place means: Shock is mired.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
王孫季子，相與為友。明允篤誠，升擢薦舉。
Boya plays the qin, Zhong Ziqi listens — "High Mountain, Flowing Water," their spirits meet. When the piece ends, they smile at the moon — from then on, walking level into the clouds.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder doubled meets earth over wind: shock ascends into the gradual growth of Pushing Upward. The original verse reads: 'Prince and noble's son befriend each other, bright and sincere in their trust. They are promoted and recommended upward.' The verse describes an alliance between men of rank built on genuine mutual trust — not scheming but straightforward sincerity that naturally results in advancement. The compound 'promoted and recommended' (升擢薦舉) directly echoes the hexagram name Sheng (升, Pushing Upward). From The Arousing to Pushing Upward, wood grows within the earth, rising slowly but irresistibly. True friendship between men of integrity becomes the vehicle of ascent: one recommends the other, and both rise through honest association.
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