**Hexagram 51: Zhen (The Arousing)** **Upper Trigram:** Zhen · **Lower Trigram:** Zhen · **Hexagram 51** **Hexagram Text:** Success. Thunder comes with a terrifying crash, yet laughter and talk follow. It terrifies for a hundred miles, yet the sacrificial spoon and chalice remain unspilled. **Line Texts:** **First Line:** Thunder comes with a terrifying crash, but afterward laughter and talk follow. Good fortune. **Second Line:** Thunder comes with danger. Countless valuables are lost. Climb the nine hills. Do not pursue. After seven days, you will regain them. **Third Line:** Thunder brings trembling and fear. If you act in the face of thunder, there will be no disaster. **Fourth Line:** Thunder sinks into the mud. **Fifth Line:** Thunder comes and goes with danger. Countless losses, but no mishap in your affairs. **Top Line:** Thunder brings terror and panic, and the gaze is anxious and fearful. To advance brings misfortune. If the thunder does not strike you but strikes your neighbor, there is no blame. There will be talk of marriage.