隣
lin2Mathews: 4033GSR: 387i
Dictionary Definition
(a, the) neighbor, extended family, associate, assistant, connection; vicinity, locality, (one’s) neighborhood; (to be) nearby, neighboring, in the neighborhood, local, next, contiguous, adjacent, in the vicinity of, close by
Radical: 163+12 | First occurrence: Hexagram 09.5
Concordance & Context (11 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 09.5
5th Line★
neighbors, neighborhood, connections "
有孚攣如，富以其隣。
Being true is as good as a bond
Enrichment is by way of one’s neighbors
Stats: 163+12→ 11.4
4th Line
neighbors, neighborhood, connection(s) "
翩翩，不富以其隣，不戒以孚。
Fluttering and fussing
Not much enrichment by way of these neighbors
Not guarding the way to truth
→ 15.5
5th Line
neighbor(s), neighborhood, connection(s) "
不富以其隣，利用侵伐，無不利。
No enrichment by way of these neighbors
Worthwhile and useful to occupy and subjugate*
Nothing cannot be turned to advantage
→ 51.6
6th Line
neighborhood, vicinity, locality; neighbors
震索索，視矍矍，征凶。震不于其躬，于其鄰，無咎。婚媾有言。
(Fan Yao* 21.6: wearing the cangue, hiding ears, unfortunate)
The shock startles and confuses
Searching in wild-eyed panic
To go boldly is ominous
The shock is not in one’s being
Merely in one’s neighborhood
Make no mistakes
Even the marital suitor* might have something to say
→ 63.5
neighborhood, vicinity, locality; neighbors
震索索，視矍矍，征凶。震不于其躬，于其鄰，無咎。婚媾有言。
(Fan Yao* 21.6: wearing the cangue, hiding ears, unfortunate)
The shock startles and confuses
Searching in wild-eyed panic
To go boldly is ominous
The shock is not in one’s being
Merely in one’s neighborhood
Make no mistakes
Even the marital suitor* might have something to say
5th Line
neighbor
東鄰殺牛，不如西鄰之禴祭，實受其福。
The eastern neighbor sacrifices cattle
Yet this is not equal to the western neighbor’s
modest spring offering*
The genuine received their blessings
→ 63.5
neighbor
東鄰殺牛，不如西鄰之禴祭，實受其福。
The eastern neighbor sacrifices cattle
Yet this is not equal to the western neighbor’s
modest spring offering*
The genuine received their blessings
Xiao Xiang 6
(the) neighbor(ing, hood, s’); local, nearby
震索索，中未得也。雖凶無咎，畏鄰戒也。
51.6x The shock startles (and) confuses:
The balance is not yet achieved
* Even though ominous, make no mistakes:
Pay heed to the neighboring warnings
(the) neighbor(ing, hood, s’); local, nearby
震索索，中未得也。雖凶無咎，畏鄰戒也。
51.6x The shock startles (and) confuses:
The balance is not yet achieved
* Even though ominous, make no mistakes:
Pay heed to the neighboring warnings
Xiao Xiang 5
neighbor
東鄰殺牛，不如西鄰之時也。實受其福，吉大來也。
63.5x The eastern neighbor sacrifices cattle:
This is not equal to the western neighbor’s timing
* The genuine received their blessings:
The good fortune (has) completely arrived
neighbor
東鄰殺牛，不如西鄰之時也。實受其福，吉大來也。
63.5x The eastern neighbor sacrifices cattle:
This is not equal to the western neighbor’s timing
* The genuine received their blessings:
The good fortune (has) completely arrived
Homophones (lin)
林lin2(the) forest(’s); (the) ^ (the) forest, woods臨lin2(a, the) management, undertaking, oversight, responsibility, supervision, commitment, accession, prospect, project, prospectus; exalted approach; (to) supervise, oversee, manage, take command, take charge, commit (oneself), arrive, near, approach, go to, be about to, view from above, look down on, look in 433 on, inspect, condescend to, favor (s, ed, ing); (to be) temporary, provisional, ad hoc, near to, about to, on the brink of, imminent, at hand; [rolling up sleeves, getting down and dirty]吝lin4(a, an, the) embarrassment, disgrace, misery, poverty, humiliation, meanness, baseness, shame, regret, chagrin, inadequacy, wretchedness, deficiency; avarice, stinginess, greed; (to be) embarrassing, disgraceful, poor, humiliating, mean, shameful, regrettable, inadequate, miserly, stingy; miserable, wretched, ashamed, embarrassed, abashed; (too) little, spare, sparing, sparse
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