教
jiao1Mathews: 0719
Dictionary Definition
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Concordance & Context (4 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 19.X
Xiang Zhuan★
instructs, teaches, directs, guides (and)
澤上有地，臨。君子以教思無窮，容保民無疆。
Above the pool is earth
Taking charge
The noble young one, accordingly,
instructs and plans without exhaustion,
Accepts and secures the people without drawing boundaries
Stats: 66+7→ 20.T
Tuan Zhuan
(the, -ir) teaching, instruction, doctrine (s) "
大觀在上，順而巽，中正以觀天下。觀盥而不薦，有孚顒若，下觀而化也。觀天之神道，而四時不忒。聖人以神道設教，而天下服矣。
The great perspective lies above
Acceptance and versatility
Balance (and) uprightness (are) used in observing all under heaven
Observing
A cleansing but not a sacrifice,
Being true is as good as dignified:
Those below observe and so (are) transformed
Observing heaven’s sacred course and the four seasons’ lack of deviation
The wise ones use (these) sacred principles to establish (their) teachings
And so all under heaven simply consent
→ 20.X
Xiang Zhuan
(the, -ir) teaching, instruction, doctrine (s) "
風行地上，觀。先王以省方觀民設教。
The wind moves over the earth
Perspective
The early sovereigns, accordingly, examined the regions
And comprehended their societies
To establish their doctrines
→ 29.X
Xiang Zhuan
teaching(s); instructing, directing, [dharma]
水洊至，習坎。君子以常德行，習教事。
Water is ever arriving
Repeated exposure
The noble young one, accordingly,
continues in character and conduct
Practicing teaching and serving
→ 19.X
Homophones (jiao)
交jiao1(to) interact, communicate, interrelate, have reations with, contact, exchange, do business, bargain, trade, deal, (com)mingle, share, join, engage, unite, combine, relate, intertwine, adjoin, mix, flow, hand to, hand over, deliver, pay (s, ed, ing) (with); (a, the) commerce, deal(ings), confluence, convergence, interaction, association, commitment, contract, exchange (of), intercourse, sharing, familiarity (with); meeting place; (to be) interchanged, exchanged, switched, swapped, interacting, mutual, reciprocal, traded, reversed, crossed, contiguous, intersecting; each other郊jiao1(the) outskirts, periphery, horizon, frontier角jiao3horns, [ contentiousness, direction ]
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