Hexagram 51 震, Line 4
震
Hexagram 51 · fourth line, undivided (nine)
震遂泥。
The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject, amid the startling movements, supinely sinking (deeper) in the mud.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
震遂泥，未光也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 51 becomes hexagram 24.
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Character glossary
- 震zhènshake, quake, tremor; to excite
- 遂suìto fail; to follow, to comply with
- 泥nímud, earth, clay; plaster, paste
- 未wèinot yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 光guānglight; bright, brilliant; only, merely
- 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.