Hexagram 51 震, Line 3
震
Hexagram 51 · third line, divided (six)
震蘇蘇，震行无眚。
The third line, divided, shows its subject distraught amid the startling movements going on. If those movements excite him to (right) action, there will be no mistake.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
震蘇蘇，位不當也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 51 becomes hexagram 55.
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Character glossary
- 震zhènshake, quake, tremor; to excite
- 蘇sūto awaken, to revive, to resurrect; used
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 眚shěngcataract; fault, error, crime
- 位wèiseat, throne; rank, status; position, lo
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 當dāngappropriate, timely; to act, to serve; t
- 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.