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jing1Mathews: 1123GSR: 831c
Dictionary Definition
(a, the) classic, classic book, scripture, canon, norm, standard, practice, constant, meridian, plan (s); warp of fabric (dist. wei, woof, or apocrypha); (to) regulate, direct, plan, continue; [diachronics, lines of meaning running through the fabric of time]
Radical: 120+7 | First occurrence: Hexagram 27.2
Concordance & Context (3 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 27.2
2nd Line★
(the) norm(s, al), standards; usual, customary
顪頤，拂經于丘頤，征凶。
Subverted appetites
Dismissing the customary,
Going into the hills hungering
Going boldly into failure
Stats: 120+7→ 27.5
5th Line
(the) norms, standards, usual, customary
拂經，居贞吉，不可涉大川。
Dismissing the customary
To abide in persistence is promising
But not suited to crossing great streams
→ 03.X
Xiang Zhuan
sorts, arranges, distinguishes (warp)
雲雷屯，君子以經綸。
Clouds and thunder
Rallying
The noble young one, accordingly, sorts warp from weft
→ 27.2
Homophones (jing)
驚jing1terrify, startle, disturb, frighten, confuse (s) +敬jing4(due) regard, respect, attention井jing4(a, the) well, source, wellspring, nucleus, mine, center of social activity, constant; (a, the) well’s; a system of 8 private fields around a common center 430靜jing4(and, or) rest, stillness, calm; rest, be still +
Previous浸 jin4
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