Hexagram 51, Zhèn (The Arousing Thunder): Line 4
震卦九四 · 震为雷 · 中文版
九四：震遂泥。
The line (Legge)
The fourth NINE, undivided, shows its subject, amid the startling movements, supinely sinking (deeper) in the mud.
Small Image commentary
'Amid the startling movements, he sinks supinely in the mud:' - the light in him has not yet been brilliantly developed.
象曰：震遂泥，未光也。
In plain words
Thunder, and one sinks into the mud. The fourth line is yang in a yin place, sunk among four yin lines; it should rouse itself but stays mired. The Small Image says its light has not yet spread.
Applying it to your situation
If a blow has left you low, this line suggests first pulling your feet out of the mud. What is the first step to getting up?
Position
A solid (yang) line in the fourth place, which is a yin (even) place, so it is not in its proper place. Its partner is line 1; both are yang, so they do not respond.
If this line moves
With this line moving alone, Zhèn changes into Hexagram 24 Fù (Return). The Jiaoshi Yilin verse for this change (Chinese): 焦氏易林·震之复.
The hexagram
Hexagram 51 Zhèn (The Arousing Thunder). The Judgment: Zhen gives the intimation of ease and development. When (the time of) movement (which it indicates) comes, (the subject of the hexagram) will be found looking out with apprehension, and yet smiling and talking cheerfully. When the movement (like a crash of thunder) terrifies all within a hundred Li, he will be (like the sincere worshipper) who is not (startled into) letting go his ladle and (cup of) sacrificial spirits.
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English text: James Legge, The Yi King (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 16, 1882), public domain, as transcribed by the Chinese Text Project. Chinese: the received text. Offered for study and reflection, not as prediction. Plain-English readings and position notes by this site.