安
an1Mathews: 0026GSR: 146a
Dictionary Definition
(to be) content(ed), at peace (with), at rest, secure, stable, quiet, serene, peaceful, tranquil, safe, calm, settled, still, steady, satisfactory (in); (to) secure, safeguard, settle (for), pacify, still, confirm, ensure, soothe, find a place for, place, arrange, lay down, rest in (s, ed, ing); (a, the) rest, peace, security, ease, quiet, quietude, serenity, steadiness, stillness, comfort, contentment (s) (with); how? where? why?; ... thus?; naturally, without effort
Radical: 40+3 | First occurrence: Hexagram 02.0
Concordance & Context (11 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 02.0
Gua Ci★
secure, confirm, be content with; peaceful 06.4
坤：元，亨，利牝馬之贞。君子有攸往，先迷後得，主利。西南得朋，東北丧朋。安贞，吉。
Supreme fulfillment
Rewarding the mare’s persistence
The noble young one has somewhere to go
To lead is confusion
To follow is to learn mastery
Worthwhile west to south:* find companions
East to north:* forgo companions
Secure the certain good fortune*
Stats: 40+3→ 06.4
4th Line
to secure, settle for, be content with; peaceful 02.0
不克訟，復即命，渝安贞，吉。
Not capable of contending
Returning to take up a higher purpose
Withdrawing to secure the certain
Promising
→ 60.4
4th Line
secure (in); content(ment), at peace (with)
安節，亨。
Content with the boundaries
Fulfillment
→ 13.3x
Xiao Xiang 3
(a) quiet, safe; secure(ity); how, where (to) ^ ?
伏戎于莽，敵剛也。三歲不興，安行也。
13.3x Caching weapons in the underbrush:
The rivalry (is) strong
* Three years with no exuberance:
Security in action
→ 23.X
Xiang Zhuan
(in, to) secure, ensure, confirm, settle (ing)
山附於地，剝。上以厚下安宅。
The mountain depends on the earth
Decomposing
Superiors, accordingly, are generous to subordinates
Confirming their positions
→ 32.4x
Xiao Xiang 4
quiet, stillness, serenity; where, how is
久非其位，安得禽。
32.4x Chronically out of one’s context
Where is game (to be) found?
→ 45.6x
Xiao Xiang 6
tranquil, secure, serene, calm, settled
齎諮涕洟，未安上也。
45.6x Offering counsel (while) weeping (and) sniveling:
Less than secure at the top
→ 02.0
Tuan Zhuan
securing
至哉坤元，萬物資生，乃順承天。坤厚載物，德合無疆，含弘光大，品物咸亨。牝馬地類，行地無疆，柔順利贞。君子攸行，先迷失道，後順得常。西南得朋，乃與類行；東北丧朋，乃終有慶。安贞之吉，應地無疆。
How consummate (is) receptivity’s source!
The myriad beings (are) provided with life
And so, (in) acceptance, inherit the sky
Accepting (with) generosity upholds the outer world
Character accommodates without drawing boundaries
Comprehending vastness, exemplifying wholeness
The varieties of beings (are) joined in fulfillment
The mare (is) the earth’s kindred spirit
(And) wanders an earth with no borders
Gentleness (and) acceptance reward persistence:
The noble young one’s purpose in going
To initiate confusion (is) to stray from the way
To follow (with) acceptance (is) to learn the principles
West (to) south, find companions:
And so, with the help of one’s kind, make progress
East (to) north, forgo companions:
Although, in the end, there will be rewards
Securing the certain holds promise:
The response to a world without limits
Xiao Xiang 4
to secure
復即命，渝安贞，不失也。
06.4x Returning to take up a higher purpose
Withdrawing to secure the certain:
This is not failure
Xiao Gua
peace, security, confirmation, affirmation
Stats: 02.0
Xiao Xiang 4
contentment (with)
安節之亨，承上道也。
60.4x Contentment with boundaries comes to fulfillment:
Undertaking a higher path
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