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feng1Mathews: 1897GSR: 1014a

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(a, the) abundance, prosperity, affluence, riches, plenty, profusion; (to be) (so) abundant, luxurious (-iant), prosperous, bountiful, prolific, ample, sumptuous, copious, ripe, plentiful, full, thick (that), filled, fulfilled; (to) abound in, prosper in, proliferate (s, ed, ing); fully

Radical: 151+11 | First occurrence: Hexagram 55.0

Concordance & Context (11 occurrences)

Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 55.0
Gua Ci
abundance, prosperity, proliferation, plenty
,亨,王假之,勿憂,宜日中。
Fulfillment The sovereign approaches this Do not be anxious It suits the sun to be at midday
Stats: 151+1155.2
2nd Line
(so) abundant, prolific, plentiful, ample 55.4
其蔀,日中見斗,往得疑疾,有孚發若,吉。
So abundant are their partition screens At midday one may see the bushel constellation* Going ahead brings suspicion and anxiety To be true and express this Is timely
55.3
3rd Line
(so) abundant, prolific, plentiful, ample, rich
其沛,日中見沬,折其右肱,無咎。
So abundant are their flowing banners At midday one may see stardust And break one’s right arm Make no mistakes
55.4
4th Line
(so) abundant, prolific, plentiful, ample 55.2
其蔀,日中見斗,遇其夷主,吉。
(Fan Yao* 36.4: enter left side, steal dark heart’s intentions) So abundant are their screens At midday one may see the bushel constellation Or find their hidden leader* Opportune
55.6
6th Line
(so, such) abundant(ce), rich(ness), plenty
其屋,蔀其家,闚其戶,闃其無人,三歲不覿,凶。
So rich are their dwellings Screening away their own families Peering through their doorways Desolate in their want of others Three years not seen face to face Unfortunate
55.X
Xiang Zhuan
abundance
雷電皆至,。君子以折獄致刑。
Thunder and lightning, coming as one Abundance The noble young one, accordingly, executes justice and carries out judgment
55.0
Xiao Xiang 3
(so) abundant
其沛,不可大事也。折其右肱,終不可用也。
55.3x (So) abundant (are) their flowing banners: Ill-suited to important concerns * Breaking one’s right arm: In the end unfit for use
Xiao Xiang 4
(so) abundant
其蔀,位不當也。日中見斗,幽不明也。遇其夷主,吉行也。
55.4x (So) abundant (are) their screens: The position is not appropriate * (At) midday (one may) see the bushel constellation: The gloom has no vision * Finding their hidden leader: (An) opportunity (for) action
Xiao Xiang 6
(so) rich
其屋,天際翔也。闚其戶,闃其無人,自藏也。
55.6x (So) rich (are) their dwellings: (Having) soared to heaven’s threshold * Peering through their doorways Desolate in their want of others: A consequence of concealment
Tuan Zhuan
abundance
,大也。明以動,故。王假之,尚大也。勿憂宜日中,宜照天下也。日中則昃,月盈則食,天地盈虛,與時消息,而況於人乎,況於鬼神乎。
Abundance (Means) greatness Intelligence (is) behind movement Given this, abundance The sovereign approaches this: Appreciate the greatness Do not be anxious, (it) suits the sun (to be at) midday: Appropriate for illuminating all under heaven The sun (at) midday, in due order, goes down The moon (at) full, in due order, (is) consumed (If) heaven (and) earth fill up (and) empty out In accord with the time (in both) waning (and) waxing Then how much more true for humanity! (And) how much more true for the ghosts and the spirits!
Tuan Zhuan
abundance
,大也。明以動,故。王假之,尚大也。勿憂宜日中,宜照天下也。日中則昃,月盈則食,天地盈虛,與時消息,而況於人乎,況於鬼神乎。
Abundance (Means) greatness Intelligence (is) behind movement Given this, abundance The sovereign approaches this: Appreciate the greatness Do not be anxious, (it) suits the sun (to be at) midday: Appropriate for illuminating all under heaven The sun (at) midday, in due order, goes down The moon (at) full, in due order, (is) consumed (If) heaven (and) earth fill up (and) empty out In accord with the time (in both) waning (and) waxing Then how much more true for humanity! (And) how much more true for the ghosts and the spirits!

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