Hexagram 51 震, Line 2
震
Hexagram 51 · second line, divided (six)
震來厲，億喪貝，躋于九陵，勿逐，七日得。
The second line, divided, shows its subject, when the movement approaches, in a position of peril. He judges it better to let go the articles (in his possession), and to ascend a very lofty height. There is no occasion for him to pursue after (the things he has let go); in seven days he will find them.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
震來厲，乘剛也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 51 becomes hexagram 54.
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Character glossary
- 震zhènshake, quake, tremor; to excite
- 來láito arrive, to come, to return; in the fu
- 厲lìwhetstone; to grind, to sharpen, to whet
- 億yìhundred million; many
- 喪sàngmourning; mourn; funeral
- 貝bèisea shell; money, currency
- 躋jīto ascend, to rise
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 九jiǔnine
- 陵línghill, mound; mausoleum
- 勿wùmust not, do not; without, never
- 逐zhúto pursue; to expel; step by step
- 七qīseven
- 日rìsun; day; daytime
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable,
- 乘chéngride, mount; to make use of; to ascend;
- 剛gānghard, strong, tough; just, barely
- 也yěalso, too
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.