姤
gou4Mathews: 3422GSR: 112e
Dictionary Definition
(to) couple, pair, connect, mate, copulate, meet (with), pair (up) with, come in(to) contact with, come in(to) conflict with, encounter (s, ed, ing); (a, the) (chance) encounter, (temporary) affair, (ad hoc) coalition; temptation, seduction, dissipation 424
Radical: 38+6 | First occurrence: Hexagram 44.0
Concordance & Context (6 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 44.0
Gua Ci★
dissipation; chance encounter; meet, couple
姤，女壮，勿用取女。
The woman is powerful*
Not at all useful to court this woman
Stats: 38+6→ 44.6
6th Line
encountering, coupling, greeting, meeting
姤其角，吝，無咎。
Encountering with those horns
Embarrassing
Though no harm is done
→ 44.0
Xiao Xiang 6
encountering
姤其角，上窮吝也。
44.6x Encountering with those horns:
The top (is) exhausted (and) embarrassed
Tuan Zhuan
dissipation (is, means)
姤，遇也。柔遇剛也。勿用取女，不可與長也。天地相遇，品物咸章也。剛遇中正，天下大行也。姤之時義大矣哉！
Dissipation
(Means) to encounter
The flexible encounters the firm
Not at all useful to court (this) woman:
Not suited to enduring together
Heaven (and) earth encounter each other
(And) the varieties of beings join in the composition
Firmness encounters (with) concentration (and) integrity
(And) all under heaven make great advances
Chance encounter’s proper timing (is) very important here!
chance encounter
姤，遇也。柔遇剛也。勿用取女，不可與長也。天地相遇，品物咸章也。剛遇中正，天下大行也。姤之時義大矣哉！
Dissipation
(Means) to encounter
The flexible encounters the firm
Not at all useful to court (this) woman:
Not suited to enduring together
Heaven (and) earth encounter each other
(And) the varieties of beings join in the composition
Firmness encounters (with) concentration (and) integrity
(And) all under heaven make great advances
Chance encounter’s proper timing (is) very important here!
Xiang Zhuan
dissipation
天下有風，姤。后以施命誥四方。
Beneath the sky is the wind
Dissipation
Rulers, accordingly, issue commands and decrees
in all four directions
→ 44.0
Homophones (gou)
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