靜
jing4Mathews: 1154
Dictionary Definition
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Concordance & Context (1 occurrences)
Tuan Zhuan★
(and, or) rest, stillness, calm; rest, be still +
艮，止也。時止則止，時行則行，動靜不失其時，其道光明。艮其止，止其所也。上下敵應，不相與也。是以不獲其身，行其庭不見其人，無咎也。
Stillness
(Means) to keep still
(If) time to stop, then stop
(If) time to move, then move
(When) activity (and) rest do not lose their timing
One’s path (is) revealed (and) clarified
Stillness (means) self-restraint
Restraint (is) to one’s own purpose
Above (and) below resist corresponding
Having nothing to do with each other
And so it is that having no grasp of one’s own being
(And) moving (through) one’s courtyard
Without seeing other people
(Is) without blame
Stats: 174+8Hapax Legomenon
Homophones (jing)
經jing1(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]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
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