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mi2Mathews: 4450
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Concordance & Context (4 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 02.0
Gua Ci★
(in) confusion, amazement, bewilderment
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: 162+6→ 24.6
6th Line
(a, too) lost, missed, confused, deluded
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*
→ 02.0
Tuan Zhuan
confusion
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
Xiao Xiang 6
(a, the) lost
迷復之凶，反君道也。
24.6x Lost return comes to misfortune:
The opposite of a noble course
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