Hexagram 51 · Line 1
The Arousing — 初六
Zhen · Chu Liu
初六 · Chu Liu
The Line
Shock comes: oh, oh! Thereupon follow laughing words: ha, ha! Good fortune!
Interpretation
Fear and trembling of the shock come first upon one, so that one sees oneself at a disadvantage compared to others. But this is only preliminary. When one has passed through the judgment, relief comes. And so precisely the terror into which one must first enter brings, considered as a whole, good fortune.