震、祝枝山書法

LI [I = 1,  L = 50]: 51

五十一

The word for fifty-one or 51 represents a cardinal number that conveys "how many".

Quinquaginta unus is the correct form of the word which means fifty-one, there are no gender distinctions after three. Cardinal numbers are also known as "counting numbers," because they show quantity. Fifty-first in Latin is quinquagesimus primus.

Thunderbolt steers all things

(B64)

The thunderbolt that steers the course of all things

— DK B64, from Hippolytus, Refutation of All Heresies 9.10.7

一棍震天

τὰ πάντα ῥεῖ καὶ οὐδὲν μένει.

Tà pánta rheî kaì oudèn ménei.

"Everything flows, nothing stands still."

Attributed to Heraclitus — Plato, in his dialogue Cratylus, recounts Heraclitus' saying:

τὰ ὄντα ἰέναι τε πάντα καὶ μένειν οὐδέν

Tà ónta iénai te pánta kaì ménein oudèn

"[That] things that exist move and nothing remains still", which he expands:

πάντα χωρεῖ καὶ οὐδὲν μένει καὶ δὶς ἐς τὸν αὐτὸν ποταμὸν οὐκ ἂν ἐμβαίης

Pánta khōreî kaì oudèn ménei kaì dìs es tòn autòn potamòn ouk àn embaíēs

"All things move and nothing remains still, and you cannot step twice into the same stream"