歸
gui1Mathews: 3617GSR: 570a
Dictionary Definition
(a, the) betrothal, engagement, homecoming, marriage, new home; return; (to) belong, (come, go, take, turn) back; bring home (around, again), come (back) home, restore, return, revert, bring to; send, go (back, home) (to); (give) in marriage, marry, gave ... in marriage; be persuaded, capitulate, give in, become loyal, change loyalties, submit, turn over to; go to new home (s, ed, ing); (to be) restored; to where ... belongs; where to turn
Radical: 77+14 | First occurrence: Hexagram 06.2
Concordance & Context (20 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 06.2
2nd Line★
(one) capitulate(s), turn(s) back, give(s) in
不克訟，歸而逋，其邑人三百戶，無眚。
Not capable of contending
Capitulate and take refuge
One’s home town’s people, three hundred households,
Will escape suffering
Stats: 77+14→ 11.5
5th Line
giving; gift of; gave ^in marriage "
帝乙歸妹，以祉元吉。
Lord Yi’s gift of his maiden daughter in marriage
Showed the way to happiness and supreme good fortune*
→ 53.0
Gua Ci
marriage, engagement, betrothal, new home
漸，女歸吉，利贞。
The young woman’s engagement is promising
Worth the persistence
→ 54.0
Gua Ci
^marriage, betrothal; marrying, engaging
歸妹，征凶，無攸利。
To go boldly has pitfalls
Not a direction with merit
→ 54.1
1st Line
^ marries, (is) engaged, betrothed
歸妹以娣，跛能履，征吉。
Little sister marries as second wife
The lame are still able to take steps
To press on is promising
→ 54.3
3rd Line
^ marries; (is) engaged, betrothed
歸妹以須，反歸以娣。
Little sister marries as a bondmaid
Then comes back to marry as second wife
→ 54.3
to marry, be engaged, betrothed
歸妹以須，反歸以娣。
Little sister marries as a bondmaid
Then comes back to marry as second wife
Xiao Xiang 2
capitulate
不克訟，歸逋竄也。自下訟上，患至掇也。
06.2x Not capable of contending:
Capitulate, take refuge (or) sneak away
* From a lowly position to contend with superiors:
Suffering comes as a harvest
Xiao Gua
belonging, coming home, returning
Stats: 06.2
Tuan Zhuan
engagement
漸之進也，女歸吉也。進得位，往有功也。進以正，可以正邦也。其位剛得中也。止而巽，動不窮也。
Gradual progress leads to advance
The young woman’s engagement (is) timely
Advancing secures a position
Making progress will be an accomplishment
Advancing according to principle
(Is) a fitting way to do right by the realm
In such a position
The firm secures the center
To be still and also adapt
(Is) movement without exhaustion
Xiao Xiang 1
^ marries
歸妹以娣，以恆也。跛能履，吉相承也。
54.1x Little sister marries as second wife:
In order to endure
* The lame can (still) take steps:
Fortunate
(In) supporting each other
Xiao Xiang 3
^ marries
歸妹以須，未當也。
54.3x Little sister marries as a bondmaid:
Still not satisfactory
4th Line
^ marriage, engagement, betrothal
歸妹愆期，遲歸有時。
Little sister’s marriage is delayed beyond the allotted term
A later marriage becomes timely
→ 54.4
marriage, engagement; capitulation
歸妹愆期，遲歸有時。
Little sister’s marriage is delayed beyond the allotted term
A later marriage becomes timely
5th Line
giving; gift of; gave ^ in marriage "
帝乙歸妹，其君之袂，不如其娣之袂良，月幾望，吉。
When Lord Yi gave his maiden daughter in marriage
This noble woman’s gown was not equal
to her bridesmaids’ gowns in fineness
The moon approaching fullness
Is hopeful
→ 06.2
Xiao Xiang 5
gave ^ in marriage
帝乙歸妹，不如其娣之袂良也。其位在中，以貴行也。
54.5x When Lord Yi gave (his) maiden daughter in marriage
Tuan Zhuan
^ marriage
歸妹，天地之大義也。天地不交，而萬物不興，歸妹，人之終始也。説以動，所歸妹也。征凶，位不當也。無攸利，柔乘剛也。
Little sister’s marriage
Heaven (and) earth have their meanings in wholeness
(When) heaven (and) earth do not interact
Then the myriad beings do not come to be
Little sister’s marriage (is) humanity’s end (and) beginning
Satisfaction (as) a way to move
(Is) the reason for little sister’s marriage
To go boldly (is) inauspicious:
The dignity is not appropriate
Not a direction with merit:
The yielding takes advantage of the firm
^ marriage
歸妹，天地之大義也。天地不交，而萬物不興，歸妹，人之終始也。説以動，所歸妹也。征凶，位不當也。無攸利，柔乘剛也。
Little sister’s marriage
Heaven (and) earth have their meanings in wholeness
(When) heaven (and) earth do not interact
Then the myriad beings do not come to be
Little sister’s marriage (is) humanity’s end (and) beginning
Satisfaction (as) a way to move
(Is) the reason for little sister’s marriage
To go boldly (is) inauspicious:
The dignity is not appropriate
Not a direction with merit:
The yielding takes advantage of the firm
^ marriage
歸妹，天地之大義也。天地不交，而萬物不興，歸妹，人之終始也。説以動，所歸妹也。征凶，位不當也。無攸利，柔乘剛也。
Little sister’s marriage
Heaven (and) earth have their meanings in wholeness
(When) heaven (and) earth do not interact
Then the myriad beings do not come to be
Little sister’s marriage (is) humanity’s end (and) beginning
Satisfaction (as) a way to move
(Is) the reason for little sister’s marriage
To go boldly (is) inauspicious:
The dignity is not appropriate
Not a direction with merit:
The yielding takes advantage of the firm
Xiang Zhuan
^ marriage
澤上有雷，歸妹。君子以永終知敝。
Over the pond there is thunder
Little sister’s marriage
The noble young one uses enduring ends
to understand the ephemeral
→ 06.2
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