害
hai4Mathews: 2015GSR: 314a
Dictionary Definition
(a, the) harm, trouble, damage, hurt, injury, disadvantage, offense, grievance, suffering, victimization; (to be) harmed, injured, damaged, hindered, obstructed, aggrieved, hurt; harmful, troubling, damaging, hurtful, injurious, destructive; (to) suffer, fear; harm, injure, destroy, offend against, damage, do injury, hurt, haunt, frighten (s, ed, ing); [-himsa]
Radical: 40+7 | First occurrence: Hexagram 14.1
Concordance & Context (9 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 14.1
1st Line★
(with) trouble, harm, injury, suffering
無交害，匪咎。艱則無咎。
Having no commerce with trouble
To never be wrong
A hardship, but otherwise not a mistake
Stats: 40+7→ 02.4x
Xiao Xiang 4
trouble, harm, suffering, damage
括囊無咎，慎不害也。
02.4x Tied up in a bag, no blame:
Discretion avoids trouble
→ 14.3x
Xiao Xiang 3
15,T suffer; harmful, injurious, damaging (ed)
公用亨于天子，小人害也。
14.3x The prince presents offerings to the son of heaven:
(For) common people, harmful
→ 14.1
Xiao Xiang 1
trouble
大有初九，無交害也。
14.1x The big domain (of) first nine
(Is a) lack of commerce with trouble
Tuan Zhuan
trouble, harm, haunt, frighten
谦亨，天道下濟而光明，地道卑而上行。天道虧盈而益谦，地道變盈而流谦，鬼神害盈而福谦，人道惡盈而好谦。谦尊而光，卑而不可逾，君子之終也。
Authenticity (means) fulfillment
The heavenly principle completes the lowly
With honor and clarity
The earthly principle (is) humble,
(Even) while moving upwards
The heavenly principle diminishes the superfluous
And adds to the modest
The earthly principle transforms the superfluous
And replenishes the modest
Ghosts (and) spirits (both) haunt the superfluous
And enrich the modest
The human principle resents the superfluous
And applauds the modest
Authenticity ennobles and exemplifies
(Being) lowly and yet not easy to exceed
The noble young one has results
→ 31.2x
Xiao Xiang 2
harm(ful), destructive; damage, suffering
雖凶居吉，順不害。
31.2x Even though disappointing, to abide (is) timely:
Acceptance does no harm
→ 31.4x
Xiao Xiang 4
harm, trouble, damage, suffering
贞吉悔亡，未感害。憧憧往來，未光大。
31.4x Persistence (is) promising, regrets pass:
(Being) less than excited by trouble
→ 59.6x
Xiao Xiang 6
harm, trouble, damage, suffering
渙其血，遠害也。
59.6x Dispersing one’s (hot-)blood(edness):
Removed from suffering
→ 60.T
Tuan Zhuan
harm, injury, grievance, damage, suffering to
節亨，剛柔分，而剛得中。苦節不可贞，其道窮也。説以行險，當位以節，中正以通。天地節，而四時成。節以制度，不傷財，不害民。
Boundaries (mean) fulfillment
The firm (and) the flexible (are) evenly apportioned
While firmness secures the center
Bitter limitations do not invite commitment:
This path dead ends
Satisfaction behind movement at risk
An appropriate place to use boundaries
Balanced (and) principled in order to follow through
Heaven (and) earth (are) constrained
And so the four seasons are completed
Boundaries serve to define the measures
(But) without encroachment on property
(And) without harm to the people
→ 14.1
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