剝
bo1Mathews: 5337GSR: 1228a
Dictionary Definition
(to) curtail, (pare, cut, break) down, abridge, strip away, split, lay bare, expropriate, reduce, cut up, skin, peel, flay, deprive, ruin, 417 break, pluck, degrade, scavenge, loot (s, ed, ing); (to be) decomposing, decadent, unsustainable, disintegrating, breaking down; deprived, stripped (of), ill- founded; (a, the) deconstruction, destruction, deterioration
Radical: 18+8 | First occurrence: Hexagram 23.0
Concordance & Context (16 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 23.0
Gua Ci★
de compose, break down, strip (ing) away
剝，不利有攸往。
Not worthwhile to have somewhere to go
Stats: 18+8→ 23.1
1st Line
depriving, stripping, abridging, reducing
剝牀以足，蔑贞凶。
Depriving the bed of its legs
To dismiss (such)* persistence is unfortunate
→ 23.2
2nd Line
depriving, stripping, abridging, reducing
剝牀以辨，蔑贞凶。
Depriving the bed of distinction
To dismiss (such)* persistence is unfortunate
→ 23.3
3rd Line
depriving, curtailing, abridging, cutting back
剝之，無咎。
Curtailing itself is not a mistake
→ 23.4
4th Line
depriving, stripping, abridging, reducing
剝牀以膚，凶。
Stripping the bed for its flesh
Ominous
→ 23.6
6th Line
(are) deprived of; tear down, scavenge, loot
碩果不食，君子得輿，小人剝廬。
The ripest fruit is not eaten*
The noble young one gains ground
As the common people tear down their own shacks*
→ 58.5
5th Line
(the) disintegrating, decadent, unsustainable
孚于剝，有厲。
Trusting in the unsustainable
There will be struggles
→ 23.0
Xiao Xiang 1
depriving
剝牀以足，以滅下也。
23.1x Depriving the bed of (its) legs:
Thereby to cover up the lowly
Xiao Xiang 2
depriving
剝牀以變，未有與也。
23.2x Depriving the bed of (its) frame:
Still not finding support
Xiao Xiang 3
curtailing
剝之無咎，失上下也。
23.3x Curtailing itself is not a mistake:
Let go of high (and) low
Xiao Xiang 4
stripping
剝牀以膚，切近災也。
23.4x Stripping the bed for (its) flesh:
Cutting close to disaster
Xiao Xiang 6
tear down
君子得於民所載，小人剝廬，終不可用也。
23.6x The noble young one gains ground:
The people (are) those who uphold (one)
* (As) the common people tear down (their own) shacks:
In the end not fit to be used
Tuan Zhuan
decomposing
剝，剝也，柔變剛也。不利有攸往，小人長也。順而止之，觀象也。君子尚消息盈虛，天行也。
Decomposing
(Means) stripping away
The flexible alters the firm
Not worthwhile to have somewhere to go:
The common people prevail
Accept and stop here
Look at the image
The noble young one respects waning (and) waxing as surplus (and) want
(And as) heaven’s behavior
(is, means) stripping away
剝，剝也，柔變剛也。不利有攸往，小人長也。順而止之，觀象也。君子尚消息盈虛，天行也。
Decomposing
(Means) stripping away
The flexible alters the firm
Not worthwhile to have somewhere to go:
The common people prevail
Accept and stop here
Look at the image
The noble young one respects waning (and) waxing as surplus (and) want
(And as) heaven’s behavior
Xiang Zhuan
decomposing
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
→ 23.0
Xiao Xiang 5
(the) unsustainable the waning moon ]
孚于剝，位正當也。
58.5x Trusting in the unsustainable:
(Though) the position (is) correct (and) appropriate
Homophones (bo)
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