Hexagram 51: Zhèn (The Arousing Thunder) · Takashima Ekidan

震为雷 · 第 51 卦 · 中文版

Zhen is Thunder. Zhen: Success. When thunder comes, there is fearful trembling; ...

Recorded Cases (9)

A friend came and asked for a divination concerning his fortune. The casting produced Zhen changing (Nine at the beginning: When the shock comes, be fearful and alert; afterward there will be laughter and cheerful talk. Auspicious.)
Someone came and asked for a divination concerning current rice prices and whether he would profit o (Nine at the beginning: When the shock comes, be fearful and alert; afterward there will be laughter and cheerful talk. Auspicious.)
My friend Masuda Takashi was a former retainer of a feudal domain. He had once studied in France and (Six in the second place: When the shock comes, it is dangerous. You may think you will lose your valuables and climb to the nine hills. Do not pursue; you will recover them after seven days.)
A certain retired nobleman came and said: “I now have an urgent matter, and its good or bad outcome (Six in the second place: When the shock comes, it is dangerous. You may think you will lose your valuables and climb to the nine hills. Do not pursue; you will recover them after seven days.)
As was my custom, I divined various matters on the winter solstice. In the twenty-fifth year of Meij (Six in the third place: The shock leaves one trembling with unease; if one proceeds amid the shock, there is no calamity.)
A friend came and asked for a divination concerning his fortune. The casting produced Zhen changing (Nine in the fourth place: The shock sinks into mud.)
A friend came and asked for a divination concerning the fortune of the heir who would continue the f (Six in the fifth place: The shock comes and goes, each time dangerous. You may think there will be no loss, but there is work to be done.)
In a certain month of Meiji 18, my friend Motegi Mitsuzane came with his friend Yamada Goro and said (Top six: Thunder is trembling and fearful; the eyes dart about in alarm. Going forth is ominous. The thunder does not strike his own person but his neighbor; there is no blame. The marriage alliance brings words.)
In Meiji 28, a divination was performed concerning relations between our country and Korea. The resu (Top six: Thunder is trembling and fearful; the eyes dart about in alarm. Going forth is ominous. The thunder does not strike his own person but his neighbor; there is no blame. The marriage alliance brings words.)

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