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HEXAGRAM 51 – Chen – The Arousing (Shock, Thunder)
Above CHEN THE AROUSING, THUNDER
Below CHEN THE AROUSING, THUNDER
The hexagram Chen represents the eldest son,
who seizes rule with
- energy and
- power.
A yang line
- develops below two yin lines and
- presses upward forcibly.
This movement is so violent that it arouses terror.
It is symbolized by thunder, which
- bursts forth from the earth and by its shock
- causes fear and trembling.
THE JUDGMENT
- Shock brings success.
- Shock comes-oh, oh!
Laughing words-ha, ha!
- The shock terrifies for a hundred miles, And
- he does not let fall the sacrificial spoon and chalice.
The shock that comes from the manifestation of God
within the depths of the earth
makes man afraid,
but this fear of God is good,
for joy and merriment can follow upon it.
When
- a man has learned within his heart what fear and trembling mean,
- he is safeguarded against any terror produced by outside influences.
Let the thunder roll and spread terror a hundred miles around:
- he remains so composed and reverent in spirit
that
- the sacrificial rite is not interrupted.
This is the spirit that must animate leaders and rulers of men –
- a profound inner seriousness from which
- all outer terrors glance off harmlessly.
THE IMAGE
Thunder repeated: the image of SHOCK.
Thus in fear and trembling
The superior man
- sets his life in order And
- examines himself.
The shock of continuing thunder brings
- fear and
- trembling.
The superior man
- is always filled with reverence at the manifestation of God;
he
- sets his life in order and
- searches his heart,
lest it harbor any secret opposition to the will of God.
Thus
- reverence is the foundation of true culture.
