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ke4Mathews: 3320GSR: 903a
Dictionary Definition
can, can do, can manage, can master; (to be, is, are) able, capable, fit, competent, adequate, willing, possible, equal, up (of, for, to); self- controlled; (to) conquer, overcome, manage, subdue, vanquish, dominate, crush, capture, sustain, master, win, command, control, predominate, enable, allow, support, carry, restrain, set a limit (s, ed, ing); (a, the) capacity, skill, power, ability, abilities, competence, command (of); adequacy, fitness (to); adequacy, fitness; exploit, conquest 431
Radical: 10+5 | First occurrence: Hexagram 04.2
Concordance & Context (15 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 04.2
2nd Line★
can manage, master, do, sustain
包蒙，吉。納婦，吉。子克家。
Embracing the inexperienced is promising
Involving the women is promising
The young one can manage the household
Stats: 10+5→ 06.2
2nd Line
capable of; adequate, able, possible "
不克訟，歸而逋，其邑人三百戶，無眚。
Not capable of contending
Capitulate and take refuge
One’s home town’s people, three hundred households,
Will escape suffering
→ 06.4
4th Line
capable of ; adequate, able, possible "
不克訟，復即命，渝安贞，吉。
Not capable of contending
Returning to take up a higher purpose
Withdrawing to secure the certain
Promising
→ 13.4
4th Line
capable of; able to; } cannot "
乘其墉，弗克攻，吉。
Mounting those battlements
But not capable of attack
Promising
→ 13.5
5th Line
can (manage, master); (are) able
同人先號咷而後笑，大師克相遇。
Fellowship with others begins with wailing and weeping
but then follows with laughter
Mighty armies can entertain each other
→ 14.3
3rd Line
able (to), capable; } cannot "
公用亨于天子，小人弗克。
The prince presents offerings to the son of heaven
The common people cannot
→ 24.6
6th Line
ability; able, capable, competent
迷復，凶，有災眚。用行師，終有大敗，以其國君凶，至于十年不克征。
Lost return
Ominous
There will be calamity and grave errors
If trying to advance the military
In the end there will be a major defeat
Reaching one’s domain and its nobility with misfortune
Even after ten years, no ability to campaign*
→ 41.5
5th Line
able; possible; capable; can- v "
或益之十朋之龜，弗克違，元吉。
Somebody grants one ten matched pairs of tortoise shells
One cannot refuse
Outstanding opportunity
→ 42.2
2nd Line
able; possible; capable; can- v " "
或益之十朋之龜，弗克違，永贞吉。王用享于帝，吉。
Somebody grants one ten matched pairs of tortoise shells
One cannot refuse
Enduring commitment is promising
The sovereign presents offerings to the divine*
Promising
→ 63.3
3rd Line
conquer, overcome, subdue, control (ing)
高宗伐鬼方，三年克之。小人勿用。
The illustrious ancestor subjugated barbarian country
It took three years to conquer them
Lesser people were not at all useful
→ 04.2
Xiao Xiang 2
can manage
子克家，剛柔接也。
04.2x The young one can manage the household:
The firm (and) the flexible interrelate
Xiao Xiang 2
capable of
不克訟，歸逋竄也。自下訟上，患至掇也。
06.2x Not capable of contending:
Capitulate, take refuge (or) sneak away
* From a lowly position to contend with superiors:
Suffering comes as a harvest
Xiao Xiang 4
can be done
乘其墉，義弗克也。其吉，則困而反則。
13.4x Mounting those battlements
Means that nothing can be done
* One’s promise
Xiao Xiang 5
abilities, exploits, conquests, competence
同人之先，以中直也。大師相遇，言相克也。
13.5x Fellowship with others with such a beginning:
Through balance (comes) orientation
* Mighty armies entertaining each other:
Praising each other’s abilities
Xiao Xiang 3
to conquer
三年克之，憊也。
63.3x Three years to conquer them:
Exhausting
Homophones (ke)
可ke3(to) accept, accommodate, adapt, approve, admit, allow, ask, bear (with), befit, call (for, out, up), consent (to), incite, incur, indicate, suit, invite, permit, prescribe, submit, tolerate, (s, ed, ing); (to be) able, about, acceptable, amenable, accommodating, all right, appropriate, apt, asked, befitting, called (for), calling, competent, conducive, convenient, capable, deserving, due, easy, enough, fit, fitting, friendly, good, likely, possible, potential, inclined, inviting, proper, ready, right, satisfactory, sufficient, suggesting, suitable, suited, welcome, willing, worthy (of, to, for); (that, which) can, could, may, might, should [conditionally] (be); can (then) be; can/may ... be; to need/be worth doing; may there be; easily; -able. Ke3 is sometimes legitimately but more often mistakenly glossed as Ke4 (3320) or Neng2 (4648), both of which imply the power to overcome circumstances rather than the more passive capacity or power to enter, adapt to and incorporate them客ke4visitors, guests, callers; visit
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