牛
niu2Mathews: 4737GSR: 998a
Dictionary Definition
(a, the) bovine, cattle, oxen; bull, cow, ox, buffalo, kine, beast of burden; cowhide, rawhide, leather
Radical: 93+0 | First occurrence: Hexagram 25.3
Concordance & Context (14 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 25.3
3rd Line★
ox, cow, cattle (and)
無妄之災，或繫之牛，行人之得，邑人之災。
One without pretense still has misfortunes
Sometimes tying one’s ox
Means the drifter’s gain
And the townsfolk’s disaster
Stats: 93+0→ 26.4
4th Line
bull
童牛之牿，元吉。
A young bull’s corral
Most promising
→ 30.0
Gua Ci
} (the) cow(s); bovine
離，利贞，亨。畜牝牛，吉。
Meriting persistence
Fulfillment
Attend to the cow
Promising
→ 33.2
2nd Line
^ ; cow "
執之用黃牛之革，莫之勝説。
Tie it up with yellow rawhide
No one succeeds in getting it loose
→ 38.3
3rd Line
oxen, cattle
見輿曳，其牛掣。其人天且劓。無初，有終。
Seeing a wagon held up
Its oxen restrained
Its occupant’s head shaved and nose cut off
Regardless of beginning, there will be an end
→ 49.1
1st Line
^ ; cow "
鞏用黃牛之革。
Wrapped with golden rawhide
→ 56.6
6th Line
cattle, oxen
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
→ 63.5
5th Line
cattle, oxen, (an) ox
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
→ 25.3
Xiao Xiang 3
(the) ox
行人得牛，邑人哉。
25.3x The drifters’ gaining the ox
(Is) the townsfolk’s disaster
Tuan Zhuan
} the cow(s)
離麗，日月麗乎天，百糓草木麗乎土。重明以麗乎正，乃化成天下。柔麗乎中正，故亨。是以畜牝牛吉。
Arising
(Means) to be conditioned
The sun (and) moon (are) conditioned upon heaven
The hundreds of grasses, the plants
(and) the trees are conditioned upon the earth
Doubled clarity, accordingly, (is) conditioned upon the true
Then transformation completes (all things) under heaven
The flexible (is) conditioned upon the central (and) correct
Given this, fulfillment
And so it is that to care for the cow (is) promising
Xiao Xiang 2
cow(hide)
執用黃牛固志。
33.2x Bound with yellow cow(hide):
Firmness (of) purpose
Xiao Xiang 1
rawhide
鞏用黃牛，不可以有為也。
49.1x Wrapped with golden rawhide:
Not suited to taking action
Xiao Xiang 6
cattle
以旅在上，其義焚也。丧牛于易，終莫之聞也。
56.6x Considering that the wanderer is at the top
This one is understandably burned
* Forfeiting cattle in the exchange:
In the end, nobody comes to enquire
Xiao Xiang 5
cattle
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
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