帝
di4Mathews: 6204GSR: 877a
Dictionary Definition
(a, the) Emperor, Lord; supreme ruler, sovereign; deified being, divine king, divinity, god, heaven; (to be) divine, royal, imperial, sacred, celestial; the divine; deity's; Lord ...; Di Yi, Late Shang Emperor
Radical: 50+6 | First occurrence: Hexagram 11.5
Concordance & Context (8 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 11.5
5th Line★
(as) Lord; Emperor; the divine 54.5
帝乙歸妹，以祉元吉。
Lord Yi’s gift of his maiden daughter in marriage
Showed the way to happiness and supreme good fortune*
Stats: 50+6→ 42.2
2nd Line
(t he) divine, divinity; emperor; Di* "
或益之十朋之龜，弗克違，永贞吉。王用享于帝，吉。
Somebody grants one ten matched pairs of tortoise shells
One cannot refuse
Enduring commitment is promising
The sovereign presents offerings to the divine*
Promising
→ 54.5
5th Line
(as, when) Lord; Emperor; the divine 11.5
帝乙歸妹，其君之袂，不如其娣之袂良，月幾望，吉。
When Lord Yi gave his maiden daughter in marriage
This noble woman’s gown was not equal
to her bridesmaids’ gowns in fineness
The moon approaching fullness
Is hopeful
→ 10.T
—
帝乙歸妹，其君之袂，不如其娣之袂良，月幾望，吉。
When Lord Yi gave his maiden daughter in marriage
This noble woman’s gown was not equal
to her bridesmaids’ gowns in fineness
The moon approaching fullness
Is hopeful
Tuan Zhuan
^(a, an, the) divine, deity’s, imperial ^
履，柔履剛也。説而應乎乾，是以履虎尾，不咥人，亨。剛中正，履帝位而不疚，光明也。
Respectful conduct:
The flexible treads upon the firm
Pleasure, but also attunement with the creative
And so it is that treading upon the tiger’s tail,
Without (it) biting one, (is) success
The firm (is) central (and) correct
Taking steps in a divine place, and yet escaping suffering,
shows wisdom
→ 16.X
Xiang Zhuan
divinity*; divine, sacred, celestial "
雷出地奮，豫。先王以作樂崇德，殷薦之上帝，以配祖考。
Thunder comes from the earth with energy
Readiness
The early sovereigns, accordingly,
composed music to celebrate merit
Enthusiastically offering this to the highest divinity*
→ 50.T
Tuan Zhuan
divinity; divine, sacred, celestial "
鼎，象也。以木巽火，亨飪也。聖人亨以享上帝，而大亨以養聖賢。巽而耳目聰明，柔進而上行，得中而應乎剛，是以元亨。
The cauldron
(is) a model
With wood submitted to flame
The offerings (are) transformed
The wise ones (are) fulfilled with offerings to the highest divinity
And (there is) great fulfillment (in) nourishing wisdom (and) excellence
Reaching in with ears (and) eyes, quickening (and) clarifying
The flexible advances with elevated conduct
Gaining the center and resonating with the firm
And so this is, accordingly, supreme fulfillment
→ 59.X
Xiang Zhuan
(the) divine, divinity; emperor; Di "
風行水上，渙。先王以享于帝立廟。
The wind passes over the water
Scattering
The early sovereigns, accordingly, made offerings to the divine
and founded ancestral shrines
→ 11.5
Homophones (di)
羝di1(a, the) billy; ^ 34.6敵di2(the) rival(ry), counterpart, opponent(sition)覿di2seen (face to face); (a) visitor; encounter "地di4(a, the) basis, earth, field, ground, land, locality, location, place(ment), position, site, siting, situation, soil, space, territory, world, (to be) earthly, local, terrestrial, worldly; (the) earth’s, world’s, land’s. Used in Tian Di, heaven and earth, the universe or everything, including humanity and the myriad beings between heaven and earth.弟di4(the) younger, youngest, junior娣di4se cond, younger, junior, subordinate wife
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