Hexagram 51 震, Line 1
震
Hexagram 51 · first line, undivided (nine)
震來虩虩，後笑言啞啞，吉。
The first line, undivided, shows its subject, when the movement approaches, looking out and around with apprehension, and afterwards smiling and talking cheerfully. There will be good fortune.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
震來虩虩，恐致福也。笑言啞啞，後有則也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 51 becomes hexagram 16.
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Character glossary
- 震zhènshake, quake, tremor; to excite
- 來láito arrive, to come, to return; in the fu
- 虩xìfright
- 後hòuafter; behind, rear; descendants
- 笑xiàoto smile, to laugh; to giggle; to snicke
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
- 啞yǎdumb, mute, hoarse
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 恐kǒngfearful, apprehensive; to fear, to dread
- 致zhìto send; to present, to deliver; to caus
- 福fúhappiness, good fortune, blessings
- 也yěalso, too
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 則zérule, law, regulation; grades
Data: English Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0); Chinese Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.