鳥
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Dictionary Definition
No detailed glossary definition available for this character.
Concordance & Context (7 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 56.6
6th Line★
(like) (a, the, this) bird
鳥焚其巢，旅人先笑，後號咷。丧牛于易，凶。
Like a bird that burns its own nest
This strange individual begins to laugh
Then follows with wailing and weeping
Forfeiting cattle in the exchange
Disappointing
Stats: 196+0→ 62.0
Gua Ci
(a, the) bird v; bird
小過。亨。利贞。可小事，不可大事。飛鳥遺之音，不宜上，宜下，大吉。
Fulfillment
Worthwhile to persist
Appropriate for minor concerns,
Not suited to great concerns
The flying bird bequeaths this message:
If not adapted to heights, adapt to remaining below
Much promise
→ 62.1
1st Line
(a, the) bird v; bird
飛鳥以凶。
A flying bird on the way to misfortune
→ 62.6
6th Line
bird(s); (a, the) bird(s) v
弗遇過之。飛鳥離之，凶，是謂災眚。
With no acknowledgement in passing others by
The flying birds get distance from this one
Bad omen
Surely a sign of calamity and suffering
→ 56.6
Tuan Zhuan
bird
小過，小者過而亨也。過以利贞，與時行也。柔得中，是以小事吉也。剛失位而不中，是以不可大事也。有飛鳥之象焉。飛鳥遺之音，不宜上宜下，大吉；上逆而下順也。
Smallness in excess
The small are those who go beyond and so (are) fulfilled
Exceeding, accordingly, (is) worth persistence
To take part in the time (is) to move
The flexible gains the center
This is how minor concerns (are) promising
The firm (has) lost position and also is not in the center
(And) so this is, accordingly, not suited to great concerns
There is the flying bird’s image herein
The flying bird bequeaths this message:
(If) not adapted to heights (then) adapt to (remaining) below
Much promise:
Above (is) resistance while below (is) acceptance
bird
小過，小者過而亨也。過以利贞，與時行也。柔得中，是以小事吉也。剛失位而不中，是以不可大事也。有飛鳥之象焉。飛鳥遺之音，不宜上宜下，大吉；上逆而下順也。
Smallness in excess
The small are those who go beyond and so (are) fulfilled
Exceeding, accordingly, (is) worth persistence
To take part in the time (is) to move
The flexible gains the center
This is how minor concerns (are) promising
The firm (has) lost position and also is not in the center
(And) so this is, accordingly, not suited to great concerns
There is the flying bird’s image herein
The flying bird bequeaths this message:
(If) not adapted to heights (then) adapt to (remaining) below
Much promise:
Above (is) resistance while below (is) acceptance
Xiao Xiang 1
bird
飛鳥以凶，不可如何也。
62.1x A flying bird on the way to misfortune:
Seeming ill-suited to the task
Previous年 nian2
Nextnie4 臲
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