第九浪

第51卦 震(Zhen)

The Arousing
Fine Art
Ivan Aivazovsky — The Ninth Wave

Ivan Aivazovsky — The Ninth Wave

Ivan Aivazovsky (1850)

艾瓦佐夫斯基画了一群人抓着木筏。最大的浪正要打下来,太阳却出来了。

Practical Integration

天亮了,但他们还没有得救。俄国画家艾瓦佐夫斯基一八五〇年画这幅《第九浪》,画的是暴风雨后的早晨。几个人抓着破烂的木筏,后面是一道巨浪——据说第九浪是最大的。但太阳已经出来了,金色的光照在水上。他们撑过了一整夜,现在面对最后一关。 「震」这个卦,雷叠雷,震了又震。卦辞说:「震来虩虩,笑言哑哑。震惊百里,不丧匕鬯。」雷来的时候很可怕,但笑声还能响。雷惊动百里,祭祀的人却没有打翻勺子和酒。这话的意思是:吓一跳可以,但不能乱。艾瓦佐夫斯基那些人已经被吓了一整夜,第九浪来了,他们还在抓着木头。 《象》曰:「洊雷,震。君子以恐惧修省。」连续的雷,君子在恐惧中反省。但那些木筏上的人,哪有时间反省?他们只是在抓,在撑,在等。反省是活下来之后的事。画里的光是金色的,很温暖——这大概是艾瓦佐夫斯基想说的:最大的浪来了,但太阳也出来了。

References & Citations

  1. The Ninth Wave — Ivan Aivazovsky-1850. Russian-Armenian marine painter Aivazovsky depicts shipwreck survivors clinging to debris as a massive wave approaches at sunrise. Maritime folklore held the ninth wave as the most dangerous in a storm sequence. The painting captures the sudden, overwhelming shock of nature's arousing power, connecting to The Arousing's thunderbolt imagery.

The Judgment

震:亨。震来虩虩,后笑言哑哑。震惊百里,不丧匕鬯。——要训练自己:被惊起,但手上之事(祭器)不致跌落。震能通达者,先稳,再动。

zhènarousal
hēngfulfillment
zhènthe shock
láibrings (about)
fear
and terror
xiàoand
yánwords
èand echoing
èlaughter
zhènthe thunder
jīngterrify
bǎifor a hundred
li (around)
but do not
sànglet drop
the ladle
chàngconsecrated

The Image

震以动,君子以恐惧修省。——惊,不是为了乱;是为了看清自己哪里会掉杯,然后收拾好再上路。

jiàncontinuous
léithunder
zhènarousal
jūnthe noble
young one
with
kǒngfear
and alarm
xiūto adjust
xǐngand examine

The Lines (爻辭)

Line 1震來虩虩後笑言啞啞吉

zhènthe shock
láibrings (about)
fear
and terror
hòuand afterwards
xiàomirthful
yánwords
èand echoing
èlaughter
promising

Line 2震來厲億喪貝躋于九陵勿逐七日得

zhènthe thunder
láibrings (about)
difficulty
a hundred thousand
sànglost
bèibelongings
and climb
up
jiǔnine
línghill
do not
zhúpursue

Line 3震蘇蘇震行無眚

zhènthe thunder
awakens
and revives
zhènbe aroused
xíngto movement
and
shěngto distress

Line 4震遂泥

zhènthe thunder
suìis followed by
mud

Line 5震往來厲意無喪有事

zhènthe thunder
wǎngin
láiand
is difficult
the meaning
is not
sànglost
yǒuhaving
shìwork to do

Line 6震索索視矍矍征凶震不于其躬于其鄰無咎婚媾有言

zhènthe thunder
suǒstartles
suǒand confuses
shìlooking
juéin wild-eyed
juéin terror
zhēngto expedite
xiōngis foreboding
zhènthe thunder
is not
in
one's (own)
gōngbeing
but merely in
one's (own)
línneighborhood
there is no
jiùblame
hūneven a
gòusuitor
yǒuwill
yántalk

Historical Context

Oracle Bone Script

『震』古字形,上有『雨』意,下为『振/震』之形,象征骤然之动。

Period

周代

Traditional Use

《彖》曰:震来虩虩,后笑言哑哑。惊惧以起,收拾以定——以震生觉,以定成事。

Character Analysis

震为雷,主『动』『惊』『发伏』;非恶,乃唤醒。重雷(震上震)即是强度与频率的双重加乘。

Configuration

Lower Trigram

震(雷)

Upper Trigram

震(雷)

Binary

100100

Energy State

骤然之动反复到来,震而不乱,久之自定。

Trigram Symbolism

☳ 震(上)— 动、雷、长子、木 ☳ 震(下)— 动、雷、长子、木 雷声接雷声,动中见序。