比
bi3Mathews: 5077GSR: 566g
Dictionary Definition
(to) accord, belong, combine, go together, join, affiliate, unite, associate (to, with); sort, compare, match, assemble, join, follow, (put, hold) together, draw an analogy (s, ed, ing); (to be) affiliated, paired (with), concordant, well- disposed; close, familiar; successive, comparable, analogous, similar; (a, the) union, belonging, affiliation, association, togetherness, congestion, commonality; on behalf of
Radical: 81+0 | First occurrence: Hexagram 08.0
Concordance & Context (16 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 08.0
Gua Ci★
belonging, affiilation, association; join, unite
比：吉。原筮，元永贞，無咎。不寧方來，後夫凶。
Promising
For a first consultation, supreme and enduring commitment
Not a mistake
Wanting peace, approach directly
The late are the unfortunate ones
Stats: 81+0→ 08.1
1st Line
(in) belonging, joining, uniting (with, to)
有孚比之，無咎。有孚盈缻，終來有他吉。
Be true in joining with them
Make no mistake:
Being true more than fills this plain clay vessel
The end will come to hold even more promise
→ 08.0
Xiao Xiang 1
joining with
比之初六，有他吉也。
08.1x Joining with them (at) first six
Holds even more promise
2nd Line
belong, affiliate, associate, join (ing) with
比之自內，贞吉。
Joining with them comes from within
Commitment is promising
→ 08.3
Xiao Xiang 2
joining with
比之自內，不自失也。
08.2x Joining with them comes from within:
Nothing of one’s own (is) given up
3rd Line
belong, affiliate, associate, join (ing) with, to
比之匪人。
Joining with such inferior people
→ 08.4
Xiao Xiang 3
joining with
比之匪人，不亦傷乎。
08.3x Joining with such inferior people:
Is this not sufficiently painful?
4th Line
belong, affiliate, associate, join (ing) with
外比之，贞吉。
Outwardly joining with them
Commitment is promising
→ 08.5
Xiao Xiang 4
belonging
外比於賢，以從上也。
08.4x Outwardly belonging among the worthy:
In order to follow the superior
5th Line
belonging, affiliation, association (v)
顯比。王用三驅，失前禽，邑人不誡，吉。
Belonging exemplified:
The sovereign employs only three game flushers
Letting go of the forward game
His district’s inhabitants will not be coerced
Promising
→ 08.6
Xiao Xiang 5
belonging v
顯比之吉，位正中也。舍逆取順，失前禽也。邑人不誡，上使中也。
08.5x Belonging exemplified holds promise:
The position (is) correct (and) central
* To abandon the unwilling (and) seek the accepting
(Is) letting go of the forward game
* (His) district’s inhabitants will not be coerced:
The superior commands the middle
6th Line
belong, affiliate, associate, join (ing) with
比之無首，凶。
Joining with them without leadership
Unfortunate
→ 08.0
Xiao Xiang 6
joining with
比之無首，無所終也。
08.6x Joining with them with no priorities:
Without a purpose (or) outcome
Tuan Zhuan
belonging
比，吉也。比，輔也。下順從也。原筮，元永贞，無咎，以剛中也。不寧方來，上下應也。後夫凶，其道窮也。
Belonging
(Means) promise
Belonging
(Means) confirmation
The humble respond (and) follow
(For) a first consultation, supreme and enduring commitment
(And) not a mistake:
Due to firmness in the center
Wanting peace, approach directly:
Above (and) below (are) resonant
The late are the unfortunate ones:
This path runs out
belonging
比，吉也。比，輔也。下順從也。原筮，元永贞，無咎，以剛中也。不寧方來，上下應也。後夫凶，其道窮也。
Belonging
(Means) promise
Belonging
(Means) confirmation
The humble respond (and) follow
(For) a first consultation, supreme and enduring commitment
(And) not a mistake:
Due to firmness in the center
Wanting peace, approach directly:
Above (and) below (are) resonant
The late are the unfortunate ones:
This path runs out
Xiang Zhuan
belonging
地上有水，比。先王以建萬國，親諸侯。
Across the earth there is water
Belonging
The early sovereigns, accordingly,
established the numerous realms
to make kinsmen of all of the leaders
→ 08.0
Homophones (bi)
鼻bi2(the) nose, snout匕bi3(the) ladle, spoon (full) (of)妣bi3grandmother; late, departed mother彼bi3that, those (targets, quarry); the ones賁bi4(to) adorn, dress (up), beautify, embellish, decorate, make graceful (s, ed, ing); (to be) elegant, brilliant, ornate, fancy, dressed up, sumptuous; superficial, nearsighted; (a, the) adornment, ornamentation; shell, treasure; model (s)閉bi4closed, shut, lo cked, barred, blocked (up)敝bi4(is) cracked, broken, worn out, damaged必bi4(these, they would) certain, sure (ly)辟bi4(and, to) avoid, shun; withdraw (s) from
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