I Ching Path

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.

Hexagram 51 Line 1: 初六 — The Arousing I Ching Line Meaning | I Ching Path