盥
guan4Mathews: 3569
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Concordance & Context (2 occurrences)
Gua Ci★
(a, the) cleansing, purification, hand ablution
觀，盥而不薦，有孚顒若。
A cleansing but not a sacrifice
Being true is as good as majestic
Stats: 108+11Hapax Legomenon
Tuan Zhuan
(a) cleansing
大觀在上，順而巽，中正以觀天下。觀盥而不薦，有孚顒若，下觀而化也。觀天之神道，而四時不忒。聖人以神道設教，而天下服矣。
The great perspective lies above
Acceptance and versatility
Balance (and) uprightness (are) used in observing all under heaven
Observing
A cleansing but not a sacrifice,
Being true is as good as dignified:
Those below observe and so (are) transformed
Observing heaven’s sacred course and the four seasons’ lack of deviation
The wise ones use (these) sacred principles to establish (their) teachings
And so all under heaven simply consent
Homophones (guan)
官guan1(the) standards, objectives; authority, ruler (s)關guan1(the) frontier (,) pass gates觀guan1(to) attend, behold, comprehend, consider, contemplate, divine, evaluate, examine, gaze (at, upon), gaze with concentration, look (at/for/to), observe, perceive, see, study, view, watch, scry, regard (s, ed, ing); (a, the) comprehension, observation, perception, perspective, prospect, scenery, sight, view, vista貫guan4(a) string(line), line, thread; [suc-, pro- cession]
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