躬
gong1Mathews: 3704
Dictionary Definition
No detailed glossary definition available for this character.
Concordance & Context (7 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 04.3
3rd Line★
(her, a sense of) self (v)(worth); (her) honor
勿用取女，見金夫，不有躬，無攸利。
Not at all useful to court the woman
Who encounters a man with money
And loses self-possession
Not a direction with merit
Stats: 158+3→ 39.2
2nd Line
^ person, individual, body, self ^; a person-
王臣蹇蹇，匪躬之故。
The sovereign’s minister is set back and interrupted
But this is not one person’s cause
→ 51.6
6th Line
being, self, person, body
震索索，視矍矍，征凶。震不于其躬，于其鄰，無咎。婚媾有言。
(Fan Yao* 21.6: wearing the cangue, hiding ears, unfortunate)
The shock startles and confuses
Searching in wild-eyed panic
To go boldly is ominous
The shock is not in one’s being
Merely in one’s neighborhood
Make no mistakes
Even the marital suitor* might have something to say
→ 59.3
being, self, person, body
震索索，視矍矍，征凶。震不于其躬，于其鄰，無咎。婚媾有言。
(Fan Yao* 21.6: wearing the cangue, hiding ears, unfortunate)
The shock startles and confuses
Searching in wild-eyed panic
To go boldly is ominous
The shock is not in one’s being
Merely in one’s neighborhood
Make no mistakes
Even the marital suitor* might have something to say
3rd Line
(sense of) self; being, person, embodiment
渙其躬，無悔。
Scattering one’s sense of self
No regrets
→ 52.4x
Xiao Xiang 4
(the) person(al), (sense of) self, body, being
艮其身，止諸躬也。
52.4x Stilling one’s being:
Stilling all of the personal
→ 04.3
Xiao Xiang 3
(sense of) self
渙其躬，志在外也。
59.3x Scattering one’s sense of self:
The purpose lies beyond
Homophones (gong)
功gong1(a, the) accomplishment, achievement, benefit, credit, distinction, effect, effectiveness, efficacy, excellence, honor, merit, good deeds, proficiency, result, skill, success, (tangible) value, (meritorious, good) work (done), effort, service; (useful) task; (to) prove (its, one’s) worth; work at, apply oneself to (s, ed, ing); (to be) accomplished, achieved, distinguished, meritorious, praiseworthy, solid, valuable, well- done, well-worked, workmanlike, worthy, substantial; (to have) acheivement, effect, merit, results攻gong1(to) attack, take the offensive; aggression公gong1(to be) fair, impartial, just, equal, common, general, public; (a, the) fairness, impartiality, justice, objectivity; palace, court, office, high noble, noble of rank, nobility, duke, prince, lord, gentleman, sir, nobility, clan head, patriarch; openly, publicly, officially; with justice; the lord’s, high noble’s, duke’s宮gong1(the) palace, (large, upper class) household肱gong1(upper) arm恭gong1respect, courtesy, humility, reverence鞏gong3bound, wrapped, secured, girded, affixed
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