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ben3Mathews: 5025GSR: 440a
Dictionary Definition
(a, the) root, trunk, origin, original, source, principal, basis, beginning, foundation, fundament, cause, stem; (to be) starting, initial, basis, fundamental, essential, natural, original, native
Radical: 75+1 | First occurrence: Hexagram 28.T
Concordance & Context (1 occurrences)
Tuan Zhuan★
(the) beginning, root, first (line)
大過，大者過。棟橈，本末弱，剛過而中。巽而説行，利有攸往，乃亨。大過之時大矣哉！
Greatness in excess
Greatness is that which exceeds
The ridgepole bends:
Beginning (and) end (are) yielding
The firm (is) excessive but central
(Be) adaptable and glad to move
Worthwhile to have somewhere to go:
And after this, fulfillment
Greatness in excess’s opportune timing (is) very important now!
Stats: 75+1Hapax Legomenon
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