Hexagram 51 震, Line 6
震
Hexagram 51 · sixth line, divided (six)
震索索，視矍矍，征凶。震不于其躬，于其鄰，无咎。婚媾有言。
The topmost line, divided, shows its subject, amidst the startling movements (of the time), in breathless dismay and looking round him with trembling apprehension. If he take action, there will be evil. If, while the startling movements have not reached his own person and his neighbourhood, (he were to take precautions), there would be no error, though his relatives might (still) speak against him.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
震索索，中未得也。雖凶无咎，畏鄰戒也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 51 becomes hexagram 21.
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Character glossary
- 震zhènshake, quake, tremor; to excite
- 索suǒcable, rope; rules, laws; to demand, to
- 視shìto look at, to inspect, to observe, to r
- 矍juéto look about in alarm or fright
- 征zhēngto summon, to recruit; levy, tax; journe
- 凶xiōngculprit; murder; bad, sad
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 躬gōngto bow; personally, in person; oneself
- 鄰línneighbor; neighborhood
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 婚hūnto get married; marriage, wedding
- 媾gòuto marry; to be intimate with
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit
- 未wèinot yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable,
- 也yěalso, too
- 雖suīalthough, even though
- 畏wèifear, dread, awe, reverence
- 戒jièto warn, to admonish; to swear off, to a
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.