Hexagram:The Arousing →Hexagram:Work on the Decayed
I-Ching Transformation
51
The Arousing
Zhen
Thunder / Thunder
→
18
Work on the Decayed
Gu
Mountain / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).
Line 1: 震來虩虩後笑言啞啞吉
震zhènthe shock
來láibrings (about)
虩xìfear
虩xìand terror
後hòuand afterwards
笑xiàomirthful
言yánwords
啞èand echoing
啞èlaughter
吉jípromising
Line 2: 震來厲億喪貝躋于九陵勿逐七日得
震zhènthe thunder
來láibrings (about)
厲lìdifficulty
億yìa hundred thousand
喪sànglost
貝bèibelongings
躋jīand climb
于yúup
九jiǔnine
陵línghill
勿wùdo not
逐zhúpursue
Line 3: 震蘇蘇震行無眚
震zhènthe thunder
蘇sūawakens
蘇sūand revives
震zhènbe aroused
行xíngto movement
無wúand
眚shěngto distress
Line 4: 震遂泥
震zhènthe thunder
遂suìis followed by
泥nímud
Line 6: 震索索視矍矍征凶震不于其躬于其鄰無咎婚媾有言
震zhènthe thunder
索suǒstartles
索suǒand confuses
視shìlooking
矍juéin wild-eyed
矍juéin terror
征zhēngto expedite
凶xiōngis foreboding
震zhènthe thunder
不bùis not
于yúin
其qíone's (own)
躬gōngbeing
于yúbut merely in
其qíone's (own)
鄰línneighborhood
無wúthere is no
咎jiùblame
婚hūneven a
媾gòusuitor
有yǒuwill
言yántalk
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder →Mountainarousing to stillness
Lower TrigramThunder →Windarousing to gentle
Yilin Verse
不虞之患，禍生無門。奄然暴卒，病傷我心。
An unforeseen calamity; disaster enters through no gate. Sudden and violent it strikes; illness wounds my heart.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 51 (The Arousing) to hexagram 18 (Work on the Decayed). In the I-Ching, when a reading produces changing lines, the hexagram transforms into another hexagram, providing guidance for both the current situation and its eventual evolution.