疾
ji2Mathews: 0492GSR: 494a
Dictionary Definition
(a, the) urgency, haste, hurry, distress, pain, disease, ills, sickness, anxiety, worry, illness, suffering, affliction, ailment, dis-ease, disorder, defect, pressure, stress, rush; (to be) urgent, hasty, hurried, pressured, anxious, aggrieved, jealous, worried, afflicted, sick, ill, aching; distressed, rushed, energetic, frantic
Radical: 104+5 | First occurrence: Hexagram 16.5
Concordance & Context (16 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 16.5
5th Line★
(in) affliction, anxiety, distress, disease, illness (s)
贞疾，恆不死。
Persistent affliction
Chronic but not fatal
Stats: 104+5→ 24.0
Gua Ci
anxiety, affliction, distress; urgency, haste
復，亨，出入無吉，朋來無咎。反復其道，七日來復，利有攸往。
Fulfillment
Exit and enter without anxiety
Companions arrive without fail
Turning around and returning is the way
The seventh day brings return
Worthwhile to have somewhere to go
→ 16.5
Xiao Xiang 2
promise
脩復之吉，以下仁也。
24.2x Contentment in return holds promise:
Through lowly compassion
Tuan Zhuan
anxiety
復亨，剛反。動而以順行，是以出入無吉，朋來無咎。反復其道，七日來復，天行也。利有攸往，剛長也。復其見天地之心乎！
Returning (means) fulfillment:
The firm comes back around
Energetic, and using acceptance to proceed
So it is that exiting (and) entering (are) without anxiety
(And) companions arrive without fail
Turning around (and) returning (is) the way,
The seventh day brings return:
(As) heaven behaves
Worthwhile to have somewhere to go:
Firmness prevails
(In) returning one sees the heart of heaven (and) earth!
5th Line
illness, dis-ease, ill, ailment, affliction (s); ill
無妄之疾，勿藥，有喜。
One without pretense still has afflictions
Do not medicate to bring about well-being
→ 33.3
3rd Line
urgent; anxiety, haste(y); anxious, hurried
係遁，有疾厲。畜臣妾吉。
Entangled retreat
There will be anxiety and distress
To manage one’s servants and concubines would have been timely.
→ 36.3
Xiao Xiang 3
anxiety
係遁之利，有疾厲。畜臣妾疾，不可大事。
33.3x Entangled retreat has distress,
There will be anxiety (and) exhaustion
* Managing (one’s) servants (and) concubines
(would have been) timely:
But not suited to crucial concerns
(would have been) timely
係遁之利，有疾厲。畜臣妾疾，不可大事。
33.3x Entangled retreat has distress,
There will be anxiety (and) exhaustion
* Managing (one’s) servants (and) concubines
(would have been) timely:
But not suited to crucial concerns
Xiao Xiang 5
(is) promising
嘉遁贞疾，以正志。
33.5x Commendable retreat’s persistence (is) promising:
By staying true to objectives
3rd Line
(a) hasty, hurried, rushed, urgent
明夷于南狩，得其大首。不可疾贞。
Brightness obscured on the southern winter hunt
Capturing the others’ great leader
This is not a call for a hasty resolution
→ 41.4
4th Line
afflictions, anxieties, stresses, ills, sufferings
損其疾，使遄有喜，無咎。
Decreasing those sufferings
To take charge and expedite becomes happiness
This is not a mistake
→ 50.2
—
損其疾，使遄有喜，無咎。
Decreasing those sufferings
To take charge and expedite becomes happiness
This is not a mistake
2nd Line
an xiety(ies), distress; affliction, ailment (s)
鼎有實，我仇有疾，不我能即，吉。
The cauldron holds substance
Our counterparts have anxieties
This is not in our scope of pursuits
Promising
→ 55.2
Xiao Xiang 2
anxieties
鼎有實，慎所之也。我仇有疾，終無尤也。
50.2x The cauldron holds substance:
Be mindful of function here
* Our counterparts hold anxieties:
In the end, no reproach
2nd Line
(and) anxiety, distress, affliction. pressure
豐其蔀，日中見斗，往得疑疾，有孚發若，吉。
So abundant are their partition screens
At midday one may see the bushel constellation*
Going ahead brings suspicion and anxiety
To be true and express this
Is timely
→ 58.4
4th Line
(the) urgency, haste, anxiety, hurry, rush
商兌，未寧，介疾有喜。
Measured joy is less than serene
Limit the anxiety to own happiness
→ 16.5
Homophones (ji)
箕ji1^(of) Ji (ancient Shang state); ^幾ji1(is) discerning, aware; reads the subtle signs機ji1support, platform, prop, step (s) [crutch] +隮ji1(and) climb, ascend, scale, scramble (s, ing)齎ji1offer (up), give, grant, bestow, furnish (ing)擊ji1smiting, striking, beating, assaulting, hitting積ji1(is) collected, gathered, accumulated及ji2extend, reach (out to), connect (s) with汲ji2(and) (to) draw, gather, take from, upon吉ji2(to be) promising, fortunate, opportune, auspicious, happy, good, felicitous, lucky, timely, fortuitous, favorable, propitious, positive, hopeful; (a, the) opportunity, promise, hope, good auspice (s); luck, good luck, good timing, 428 good fortune, happiness, well-being; (to) bode well, promise, (give) hope (s, ed, ing); all is well; supportive circumstances極ji2(v) pivotal, perfect; crucial, optimum (of)(v) +棘ji2thorny brambles, briars, thorns, [detention]蒺ji2thorny; thorns, thistles, caltrops即ji2pursue, chase, hunt, stalk (ing); in pursuit of己ji3one’s (own), personal, private忌ji4avoided, shunned, kept distant, prevented繼ji4(is, are) continuous, connected, coherent (ly)既ji4(is/are, has/have) after, already, as long as, at last, entirely, finally, having, now that, once, since, upon, when (finished, done), while, whilst, (to) attain, complete, have done, be done with, end, exhaust, finish, get ... done (s, ed, ing); (to be) completed, consummated, de facto, done, finished, past, fixed, certain; end of event, particle of perfect tense濟ji4(to be) complete, across, done, finished, accomplished, numerous; stately, dignified, beautiful, up to standard; of help, assistance; across (a, the) river, stream; (to) complete, conclude, succeed, finish, fulfill, perfect, achieve, increase, accomplish, stop, cease, ford, cross; (a, the) river, stream; benefit, contribute to, aid, assist, help, relieve, save, overcome an obstacle (s, ed, ing); (a, the) accomplishment, completion, obstacle overcome祭ji4to give, offer up; worship; sacrifice際ji4meet here, interface; (common) boundary稷ji4(and) (the) (altar)(s) (to) grain, millet
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