厚
hou4Mathews: 2147
Dictionary Definition
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Concordance & Context (5 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 02.T
Tuan Zhuan★
(with) tolerance, generosity (ly); genuinely
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
Stats: 27+7→ 02.X
Xiang Zhuan
(a) tolerant, generous, genuine; tolerance
地勢坤，君子以厚德載物。
The earth’s capacity is acceptance
The noble young one, with tolerance of character,
Upholds the outer world
→ 23.X
Xiang Zhuan
(is, are) generous, tolerant, genuine (to, with)
山附於地，剝。上以厚下安宅。
The mountain depends on the earth
Decomposing
Superiors, accordingly, are generous to subordinates
Confirming their positions
→ 42.1x
Xiao Xiang 1
extensive, substantial, weighty, large
元吉無咎，下不厚事也。
42.1x (An) excellent opportunity (to be) without errors:
(To be) humble regardless of weighty concerns
→ 52.6x
Xiao Xiang 6
(a) substantial, extensive, secure, genuine
敦艮之吉，以厚終也。
52.6x Authentic stillness holds promise:
The way to a genuine outcome
→ 02.T
Homophones (hou)
侯hou2(a, the) (lord, skilled) archer, (feudatory) prince, chief, duke, marquis, leader, delegate, governor, lord, noble; priorities; target (s); (to be) princely, beautiful, excellent後hou4(to be) after, behind, subsequent, last, later, next, at the back, in back of; late, later, late in coming, late to come, tardy, after; (to) be behind, come after, follow, lag, succeed, trail; defer, postpone, place/put behind/last; attend, support (s, ed, ing); (a, the) back (of), consequence(s), end, ending, trail, wake; descendant, future, heir, posterity, successor; then, and then, at last, subsequently, then follows with, followed by; afterwards, secondly, after that后hou4(the, their) heirs, offspring [of this union]
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