合

he2Mathews: 2117GSR: 675a

Dictionary Definition

(to) join (in), converge, convene, concur, cooperate, come together, meet, match, mate, accord, couple, pair, harmonize, integrate, unite, unify, combine, collect, convene; gather/put together; agree, share (with), match, suit, correspond, answer, accommodate; shut, close, enclose, fold up (s, ed, ing); (to be) together (with), in accord with, close, joint, joined in, in unison, in harmony (with), side by side, shared, multiple, unified, integrated, convergent, harmonizing, unifying, integrating; (a, the) combination, unification, union, intercourse, agreement, harmony, concordance, convergence, suitability (of)

Radical: 30+3 | First occurrence: Hexagram 01.T

Concordance & Context (9 occurrences)

Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 01.T

H01|T

Tuan Zhuan★

(is) to join, share, accord, concur (in, with)

大哉乾元，萬物資始，乃統天。雲行雨施，品物流形。大明終始，六位時成。時乘六龍以御天。乾道變化，各正性命，保合太和，乃利贞。首出庶物，萬國咸寧。

How great (is) creation’s source! The myriad beings (are) provided beginnings Along with all of the sky Clouds pass, rain falls The varieties of beings flow into form Great light completes (then) begins The six positions (are) by season fulfilled Seasons to mount the six dragons (And) with these to master the skies Creation’s way (is) emergence (and) transformation Each being true to inner nature (and) higher law Security (is) joining in the highest attunement It is this that rewards persistence (As) leaders emerge from the numberless beings The myriad realms come together in peace

Stats: 30+3→ 02.T

H02|T

Tuan Zhuan

(of) harmony; accommodates, concurs, unites

至哉坤元，萬物資生，乃順承天。坤厚載物，德合無疆，含弘光大，品物咸亨。牝馬地類，行地無疆，柔順利贞。君子攸行，先迷失道，後順得常。西南得朋，乃與類行；東北丧朋，乃終有慶。安贞之吉，應地無疆。

How consummate (is) receptivity’s source! The myriad beings (are) provided with life And so, (in) acceptance, inherit the sky Accepting (with) generosity upholds the outer world Character accommodates without drawing boundaries Comprehending vastness, exemplifying wholeness The varieties of beings (are) joined in fulfillment The mare (is) the earth’s kindred spirit (And) wanders an earth with no borders Gentleness (and) acceptance reward persistence: The noble young one’s purpose in going To initiate confusion (is) to stray from the way To follow (with) acceptance (is) to learn the principles West (to) south, find companions: And so, with the help of one’s kind, make progress East (to) north, forgo companions: Although, in the end, there will be rewards Securing the certain holds promise: The response to a world without limits

→ 09.4x

H09|4x

Xiao Xiang 4

(and) unifying, harmonizing; concurs with "

有孚惕出，上合志也。

09.4x Be true, anxieties leave: A higher (and) unifying purpose

→ 21.T

H21|T

Tuan Zhuan

come together, converge, combine, unite

頤中有物，曰噬嗑。噬嗑而亨，剛柔分，動而明。雷電合而章。柔得中而上行，雖不當位，利用獄。

Between the jaws is an object So this is called biting through Biting through and then satisfaction: The firm (and) the flexible (are) evenly apportioned Action with clarity Thunder (and) lightning converge and make manifest The flexible gains the center and then acts above Although not properly situated (It is) worthwhile to execute justice

→ 26.3x

H26|3x

Xiao Xiang 3

(and) unifying, integrating, convergent "

利有攸往，上合志。

26.3x Worthwhile to have somewhere to go: A higher (and) unifying purpose

→ 41.1x

H41|1x

Xiao Xiang 1

(a, an) join, combine, integrate (ing, ation)

己事遄往，尚合志也。

41.1x One’s own affairs (are) rushed (and) passed by: Value a joining of purposes