類
lei4Mathews: 4244GSR: 529a
Dictionary Definition
(a, the) kindred (spirit, group), kind (of); like kind, type, class, category, sort, group, relation, species, peer (s); shared qualities; taxonomy; (to be) similar, like, alike, related, akin, kindred; (a) good ...; like, up to standard, 432 according to theme, typical, in character; (to) characterize, categorize, classify, sort (s, ed, ing)
Radical: 181+10 | First occurrence: Hexagram 02.T
Concordance & Context (6 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 02.T
Tuan Zhuan★
kindred spirit, relation; shares v qualities
至哉坤元，萬物資生，乃順承天。坤厚載物，德合無疆，含弘光大，品物咸亨。牝馬地類，行地無疆，柔順利贞。君子攸行，先迷失道，後順得常。西南得朋，乃與類行；東北丧朋，乃終有慶。安贞之吉，應地無疆。
How consummate (is) receptivity’s source!
The myriad beings (are) provided with life
And so, (in) acceptance, inherit the sky
Accepting (with) generosity upholds the outer world
Character accommodates without drawing boundaries
Comprehending vastness, exemplifying wholeness
The varieties of beings (are) joined in fulfillment
The mare (is) the earth’s kindred spirit
(And) wanders an earth with no borders
Gentleness (and) acceptance reward persistence:
The noble young one’s purpose in going
To initiate confusion (is) to stray from the way
To follow (with) acceptance (is) to learn the principles
West (to) south, find companions:
And so, with the help of one’s kind, make progress
East (to) north, forgo companions:
Although, in the end, there will be rewards
Securing the certain holds promise:
The response to a world without limits
Stats: 181+10→ 02.T
like kind, one’s kind, kindred spirits, peers
至哉坤元，萬物資生，乃順承天。坤厚載物，德合無疆，含弘光大，品物咸亨。牝馬地類，行地無疆，柔順利贞。君子攸行，先迷失道，後順得常。西南得朋，乃與類行；東北丧朋，乃終有慶。安贞之吉，應地無疆。
How consummate (is) receptivity’s source!
The myriad beings (are) provided with life
And so, (in) acceptance, inherit the sky
Accepting (with) generosity upholds the outer world
Character accommodates without drawing boundaries
Comprehending vastness, exemplifying wholeness
The varieties of beings (are) joined in fulfillment
The mare (is) the earth’s kindred spirit
(And) wanders an earth with no borders
Gentleness (and) acceptance reward persistence:
The noble young one’s purpose in going
To initiate confusion (is) to stray from the way
To follow (with) acceptance (is) to learn the principles
West (to) south, find companions:
And so, with the help of one’s kind, make progress
East (to) north, forgo companions:
Although, in the end, there will be rewards
Securing the certain holds promise:
The response to a world without limits
Xiang Zhuan
ki nd, type, class, category, [ species]
天與火，同人。君子以類族辨物。
Heaven accompanies flame
Fellowship with Others
The noble young one, according to kind and family,
distinguishes the beings
→ 27.2x
Xiao Xiang 2
(its) species, kind(ship, red), relations, class
六二征凶，行失類。
27.2x Six second goes boldly (into) failure:
Behavior (that) strays from its kind
→ 38.T
Tuan Zhuan
(are) (inter)related, akin; kindred in spirit
睽，火動而上，澤動而下。二女同居，其志不同行。説而麗乎明，柔進而上行，得中而應乎剛。是以小事吉。天地睽而其事同，男女睽而其志通，萬物睽而其事類。睽之時用大矣哉！
Estrangement
The fire moves, but (only) upwards
The lake moves, but (only) downwards
Two women dwell together
(But) their intentions do not function as one
Enjoyment, along with dependence on clarity
The flexible advances, and so improves (its) conduct
Gaining the center and resonating with the firm
And so it is that ordinary matters (are) promising
Heaven (and) earth diverge, but still their endeavors converge
Masculine (and) feminine diverge, but their objectives interact
The myriad beings diverge, but their affairs (are) interrelated
Estrangement’s timely application (is) very important here!
→ 61.4x
Xiao Xiang 4
(its) kind, kin(dred), peers, class, group
馬匹亡，絕類上也。
61.4x The team horse runs away:
Leaving (its) kind to rise up
→ 02.T
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