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ding4Mathews: 6393

Dictionary Definition

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Concordance & Context (3 occurrences)

Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 10.X

H10|X

Xiang Zhuan★

(to) resolve, steady, settle, secure, fix (ing)

上天下澤，履。君子以辯上下，定民志。

The sky above, the lake below Respectful conduct The noble young one, accordingly, distinguishes high and low to steady the human purpose

Stats: 40+5→ 37.T

H37|T

Tuan Zhuan

resolve, settle, arrange; fix, steady, secure (s)

家人，女正位乎內，男正位乎外。男女正，天地之大義。家人有嚴君焉，父母之謂。父父，子子，兄兄，弟弟，夫夫，婦婦，而家道正。正家而天下定矣。

Family members The woman’s true dignity lies within The man’s true dignity lies without The masculine (and) feminine principles (Are) heaven’s (and) earth’s greater meanings Family members have dignities (and) nobilities herein Father (and) mother have their titles (When) father (is) father (and) child (is) child (When) elder brother (is) elder (and) younger (is) younger (When) husband (is) husband (and) wife (is) wife Then the family’s course (is) upheld Uphold the family and all under heaven arranges itself

→ 10.X

H63|zg

Za Gua

arrangement, stability, establishment, resolution

Stats: 10.X

Homophones (ding)

頂ding3(the, one’s) head, topknot, crown, scalp 鼎ding3(a, the) cauldron, sacrificial vessel, tripod, ding vessel, crucible, (consecrated, dedicated) transformation; [alchemy]; (a, the) cauldron’s

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