復
fu4Mathews: 1992GSR: 1034d
Dictionary Definition
(to) devolve, recover, recur, redo, renew, recommence, recall, repay, reply, repeat, restore, resume, retrace, return, revert, revise, revive, (come, go, turn) around, back, home (to); fall back (on); overturn, turn over (s, ed, ing); (a, the) answer, recovery, recurrence, renewal, reply, response, return; (to be) in answer, reply, response, return (to); recurring, recurrent; again, repeatedly; coming and going 423
Radical: 60+9 | First occurrence: Hexagram 06.4
Concordance & Context (40 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 06.4
4th Line★
returning, coming back, revising, recovering
不克訟,復即命,渝安贞,吉。
Not capable of contending
Returning to take up a higher purpose
Withdrawing to secure the certain
Promising
Stats: 60+9→ 09.1
1st Line
returning, coming back to; recovering
復自道,何其咎,吉。
Returning to one’s own path
How is this an error?
Promising
→ 09.2
2nd Line
to return, come back, recover (ing)
牽復,吉。
Drawn to returning
Promising
→ 11.3
3rd Line
(a) return; coming back
無平不陂,無往不復。艱贞無咎,勿恤其孚,于食有福。
There is no level without a slope,
No going without a return
It is difficult to persist with no errors
Do not worry: these are certainties
In nourishment find happiness
→ 11.6
6th Line
fall(s) back, overturns; returns
城復于隍,勿用師,自邑告命,贞吝。
The city wall falls back into the moat
Do not advance the military
From within one’s own district, explain the orders
To persist is disgraceful
→ 24.0
Gua Ci
returning, resuming, renewal, coming back
復,亨,出入無吉,朋來無咎。反復其道,七日來復,利有攸往。
Fulfillment
Exit and enter without anxiety
Companions arrive without fail
Turning around and returning is the way
The seventh day brings return
Worthwhile to have somewhere to go
→ 24.0
(and, to) return; renewal; come (ing) back
復,亨,出入無吉,朋來無咎。反復其道,七日來復,利有攸往。
Fulfillment
Exit and enter without anxiety
Companions arrive without fail
Turning around and returning is the way
The seventh day brings return
Worthwhile to have somewhere to go
return, renewal, recovery
復,亨,出入無吉,朋來無咎。反復其道,七日來復,利有攸往。
Fulfillment
Exit and enter without anxiety
Companions arrive without fail
Turning around and returning is the way
The seventh day brings return
Worthwhile to have somewhere to go
Xiao Xiang 3
(and) returning (to); coming back;& renewal
終日乾乾,反復道也。
01.3x Throughout the day, creating, creating:
Turning (and) returning (is) the way
→ 06.4
Xiao Xiang 4
returning
復即命,渝安贞,不失也。
06.4x Returning to take up a higher purpose
Withdrawing to secure the certain:
This is not failure
Xiao Xiang 1
returning to
復自道,其義吉也。
09.1x Returning to one’s own path:
This ought to be promising
Xiao Xiang 2
returning
牽復在中,亦不自失也。
09.2x Drawn to returning is in the center
Truly nothing of one’s own (is) given up
Xiao Xiang 5
enrichment (v)
有孚攣如,不獨富也。
09.5x Being true (is) as good as a bond:
There is no enrichment alone
Xiao Xiang 3
(a) return
無往不復,天地際也。
11.3x No going without a return:
Heaven (and) earth meet here
Xiao Xiang 4
enrichment
翩翩不復,皆失實也。不戒以孚,中心願也。
11.4x Fluttering (and) fussing, not much enrichment:
Completely neglecting the substance
* Not guarding the way to truth:
Within the heart (is) the hope
Xiao Xiang 6
falls back
城復于隍,其命亂也。
11.6x The city wall falls back into the moat:
One’s own orders (are) confused
1st Line
(to) return(ing); renewal, recovery
不遠復,無祗悔,元吉。
Not far to return
Nothing worthy of regret
Most promising
→ 24.2
Xiao Xiang 1
(a) return
不遠之復,以脩身也。
24.1x Nothing distant in this return:
The way to refine (a) life
2nd Line
to return, come (ing) back, home; for renewal
休復,吉。
Content to return
Promising
→ 24.3
Xiao Xiang 2
(in) return
脩復之吉,以下仁也。
24.2x Contentment in return holds promise:
Through lowly compassion
3rd Line
return(s, ing), renewal, recovery
頻復,厲,無咎。
Repeated returns
Difficulty
But no blame
→ 24.4
Xiao Xiang 3
returns
頻復之利,義無咎也。
24.3x Repeated return has (its) difficulties:
Deserving no blame
4th Line
(to, in) return(ing) (v) ; renewal, recovery
中行獨復。
Walking in the middle, all alone in return
→ 24.5
Xiao Xiang 4
(in) return
中行獨復,以從道也。
24.4x Walking in the middle, all alone in return:
In order to follow the path
5th Line
return(ing), coming back; renewal, recovery
敦復,無悔。
Honest return
With no regrets
→ 24.6
Xiao Xiang 5
return
敦復無悔,中以自考也。
24.5x Honest return, with no regrets:
Concentrating in order to examine oneself
6th Line
(to) return, come back; renewal, recovery
迷復,凶,有災眚。用行師,終有大敗,以其國君凶,至于十年不克征。
Lost return
Ominous
There will be calamity and grave errors
If trying to advance the military
In the end there will be a major defeat
Reaching one’s domain and its nobility with misfortune
Even after ten years, no ability to campaign*
→ 38.1
Xiao Xiang 6
return
迷復之凶,反君道也。
24.6x Lost return comes to misfortune:
The opposite of a noble course
Tuan Zhuan
returning
復亨,剛反。動而以順行,是以出入無吉,朋來無咎。反復其道,七日來復,天行也。利有攸往,剛長也。復其見天地之心乎!
Returning (means) fulfillment:
The firm comes back around
Energetic, and using acceptance to proceed
So it is that exiting (and) entering (are) without anxiety
(And) companions arrive without fail
Turning around (and) returning (is) the way,
The seventh day brings return:
(As) heaven behaves
Worthwhile to have somewhere to go:
Firmness prevails
(In) returning one sees the heart of heaven (and) earth!
(and) returning
復亨,剛反。動而以順行,是以出入無吉,朋來無咎。反復其道,七日來復,天行也。利有攸往,剛長也。復其見天地之心乎!
Returning (means) fulfillment:
The firm comes back around
Energetic, and using acceptance to proceed
So it is that exiting (and) entering (are) without anxiety
(And) companions arrive without fail
Turning around (and) returning (is) the way,
The seventh day brings return:
(As) heaven behaves
Worthwhile to have somewhere to go:
Firmness prevails
(In) returning one sees the heart of heaven (and) earth!
return
復亨,剛反。動而以順行,是以出入無吉,朋來無咎。反復其道,七日來復,天行也。利有攸往,剛長也。復其見天地之心乎!
Returning (means) fulfillment:
The firm comes back around
Energetic, and using acceptance to proceed
So it is that exiting (and) entering (are) without anxiety
(And) companions arrive without fail
Turning around (and) returning (is) the way,
The seventh day brings return:
(As) heaven behaves
Worthwhile to have somewhere to go:
Firmness prevails
(In) returning one sees the heart of heaven (and) earth!
(in) returning
復亨,剛反。動而以順行,是以出入無吉,朋來無咎。反復其道,七日來復,天行也。利有攸往,剛長也。復其見天地之心乎!
Returning (means) fulfillment:
The firm comes back around
Energetic, and using acceptance to proceed
So it is that exiting (and) entering (are) without anxiety
(And) companions arrive without fail
Turning around (and) returning (is) the way,
The seventh day brings return:
(As) heaven behaves
Worthwhile to have somewhere to go:
Firmness prevails
(In) returning one sees the heart of heaven (and) earth!
Xiang Zhuan
(to) return
雷在地中,復。先王以至日閉關,商旅不行,后不省方。
Thunder dwells within the earth
To return
The early sovereigns, accordingly, on the day of winter solstice,
closed the frontier pass gates
Merchants and travelers did not move about
Rulers did not inspect the domains
→ 06.4
1st Line
(it) returns, comes back, home (v)
悔亡。丧馬,勿逐,自復。見惡人,無咎。
Regrets pass
The missing horse
Should not be pursued: it returns on its own
Upon seeing the worst in others
Simply avoid mistakes
→ 53.3
Gua Ci
(in) return, renewal, recovery, revision
觧,利西南。無所往,其來復吉。有攸往,夙吉。
Worthwhile west to south
Without a place to go
One’s coming return is promising
If there is a place to go
To be prompt is promising
→ 06.4
Xiao Xiang 3
shouldering baggage
復且乘,亦可醜也。自我致戎,又誰咎也。
40.3x Shouldering baggage while riding:
And further, inviting derision
* Of our own accord to encourage hostility -
Given this, who is to blame?
Tuan Zhuan
return
觧,險以動,動而免乎險,觧。觧利西南,往得衆也。其來復吉,乃得中也。有攸往,夙吉,往有功也。天地觧而雷雨作,雷雨作而百果草木皆甲坼。觧之時大矣哉!
Release
Crisis leads to movement
Movement then gets free of crisis
Released
Release favors the west to the south:
To go (is) to gain the multitude
One’s coming return (is) promising:
Here to find the center
(In) having somewhere to go, to be prompt (is) promising:
(In) making progress there will be achievement
Heaven (and) earth let loose as thunder (and) rain get to work
Thunder (and) rain go to work, and hundreds of seed pods
Of plants (and) trees, as one, begin to burst
Release’s opportune timing (is) very important now!
3rd Line
(to) return, come (s) back, home
鴻漸于陸,夫征不復,婦孕不育,凶,利禦寇。
The wild goose advances by degrees across the highlands
The husband, on expedition, never returns
The wife conceives but cannot raise her young
Brutal
Worthwhile to guard against predators
→ 01.3x
Xiao Xiang 3
returning
夫征不復,離群醜也。婦孕不育,失其道也。利用禦寇,順相保也。
53.3x The husband presses on instead of returning:
Abandoning flock (and) kindred
* The wife conceives but (can)not raise (her) young:
Losing her own way
(the) wife
夫征不復,離群醜也。婦孕不育,失其道也。利用禦寇,順相保也。
53.3x The husband presses on instead of returning:
Abandoning flock (and) kindred
* The wife conceives but (can)not raise (her) young:
Losing her own way
Homophones (fu)
夫fu1(a relative or demonstrative pronoun:) the, this, it, that, they, these, those, the following, such, someone, (the) one(s)/those (who/which) (is/are), the one in question; you; (preposition, like yu:) as, at, by, of, through, (up)on, with; (consequence, like ze:) (but, yet) here, now, so, then, thus, therefore, as such, as this, after this, since, given that; (initial particle:) now, then, when, however, moreover, if, but, even (the), wherefore, furthermore, forasmuch as, (final, like hu:); (a, the) gentleman, husband, man, master, sage; gentleman’s, husband’s, man’s; -man; -ist; -person; as to; a final particle膚fu1tender meat, flesh, pork, skin孚fu2(a, the) truth, the true, confidence, trust, assurance, belief, conviction, sureness, sincerity, reliance, (good) faith, surety, certainty, credibility, proof, verity, promise, loyalty, verification (s); (to be) true, sincere, credible, honest, trustworthy, truthful, confident, assured, reliable, sure (to); (to) rely on, believe in, be sure (of), verify, ascertain, validate, believe, have faith, trust, hold (that) (s, ed, ing); will surely, certainly, truly (be); can be trusted to, is certain to, is sure to伏fu2cache, hide, conceal, crouch (ing) (with)紱fu2sashed (nobles); sashes, leggings; } gentry福fu2(a, the) happiness, prosperity, abundance, good fortune, felicity, enrichment, blessing, luck, favor, good will, fortune, well being; grant, endowment, gift, favor, boon; (to) favor, bless, enrich, make happy (s, ed, ing) [often beyond monetary]輻fu2(its) wheel(’s) spokes弗fu2not; is, are not, not to, to not, do not, does not, cannot, could not, will not, would not; not ... it, not ... them; without, with nothing, with no, with never; not so; neither; neither ... nor; not ... or; against, as against, as opposed to; does not want to, nowhere, no way to; (to) avoid, reject, refuse, dismiss, deny (s, ed, ing); (to be) unwanted, avoided, rejected, refused; not wanting to; not able to, not willing to; in-; un-; in no way; there is/are/will be no/not/never/rarely/seldom拂fu2dismiss, reject; shake, brush (ing) off, aside茀fu2veil; carriage screen, curtain; hairpiece, wig +服fu2burdens, servitude, suffering, a harness斧fu3(and) (an) axe, (a) hatchet "輔fu3(is, means) assistance, support, confirmation附fu4added, in addition; depends, (is) contingent鮒fu4(the) fish, perch, carp父fu4(a, the) father, progenitor; premise; (to be) elder, male, senior; (to) father, sire, do fatherly duties富fu4(a, the) enrichment, wealth, abundance, prosperity, riches, treasure; (to be) rich, enriched, wealthy, prosperous; self-important; enriching; (to) prosper, be/become/grow rich, accrue, enrich, provide for, endow (s, ed, ing);負fu4covered, plastered, caked with, (wearing)婦fu4(a, the) woman, wife, lady, matron, women; wife’s, woman’s, lady’s, matron’s覆fu4overturning, spilling, upsetting腹fu4(of) (the) belly, gut, viscera輹fu4(its) axle strut, housing, bracket, mount (s) (v)
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