馬
ma3Mathews: 4310GSR: 40a
Dictionary Definition
(a, the) horse(s), steed, stallion, charger, courser; horseman, horsemen
Radical: 187+0 | First occurrence: Hexagram 02.0
Concordance & Context (14 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 02.0
Gua Ci★
horse; } (a, the) mare’s
坤：元，亨，利牝馬之贞。君子有攸往，先迷後得，主利。西南得朋，東北丧朋。安贞，吉。
Supreme fulfillment
Rewarding the mare’s persistence
The noble young one has somewhere to go
To lead is confusion
To follow is to learn mastery
Worthwhile west to south:* find companions
East to north:* forgo companions
Secure the certain good fortune*
Stats: 187+0→ 03.2
2nd Line
horses "
屯如邅如，乘馬班如。匪寇，婚媾。女子贞不字，十年乃字。
It seems like needing assistance is the same as turning back
A team of four horses arrayed alike
Not an adversary but a marital suitor*
The woman, of tender years, is resolved: no babies
Ten years, then babies
→ 03.4
4th Line
horses "
乘馬班如，求婚媾，往吉，無不利。
A team of four horses arrayed alike
The quest of a marital suitor
To advance is promising
Without doubt worthwhile
→ 03.6
6th Line
horses "
乘馬班如，泣血漣如。
A team of four horses arrayed alike
Tears of blood, flowing like water
→ 22.4
4th Line
horse(man), steed, stallion
賁如皤如，白馬翰如，匪寇婚媾。
So elegant looking, as if of pure white
A white steed, as if on wings
Not an adversary but a marital suitor
→ 26.3
3rd Line
horse, steed
良馬逐，利艱贞。日閑輿衞，利有攸往。
A fine horse gives chase
Warranting difficult persistence
Daily* training at chariot and defense
Worthwhile to have somewhere to go
→ 35.0
Gua Ci
(of) horses
晋，康侯用錫馬蕃庶，晝日三接。
The prosperous lord* uses grants of horses
to breed a multitude
And by the light of a day three times grants audience
→ 36.2
2nd Line
(a, the) horse 59.1
明夷夷于左股，用拯馬壮。吉。
Brightness obscured
And wounded in the left leg
But relying on assistance
The horse is strong enough
Promising
→ 38.1
1st Line
horse
悔亡。丧馬，勿逐，自復。見惡人，無咎。
Regrets pass
The missing horse
Should not be pursued: it returns on its own
Upon seeing the worst in others
Simply avoid mistakes
→ 59.1
1st Line
(a, the) horse 36.2
用拯馬壮，吉。
Rely on assistance
The horse is powerful
Promising
→ 61.4
4th Line
(one) horse ; ^ horse (‘s)
月幾望，馬匹亡，無咎。
As the moon approaches full
The team horse runs away
But nothing is wrong
→ 02.0
Tuan Zhuan
} (a, the) mare
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
Tuan Zhuan
(of) horses
晋，進。明出地上，順而麗乎大明。柔進而上行，是以康侯用錫馬蕃庶，晝日三接。
Expansion
(Means) progress
The light rises over the earth
Compliance along with reliance upon great clarity
The flexible advances, but with superior conduct
And so it is that the prosperous lord uses grants (of) horses
To breed a multitude
(And) by the light of a day three times grants audience
Xiao Xiang 4
^ horse
馬匹亡，絕類上也。
61.4x The team horse runs away:
Leaving (its) kind to rise up
Previous羅 luo2
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