朋
peng2Mathews: 5054GSR: 886a
Dictionary Definition
(a, the) friends, companions, associates, colleagues, comrades, partners, peers, equals, allies, alliances; league, faction, sect, friend, companion, associate, assistant, acquaintance, adherent, (matched) pair(s), strings of cowries (money); (to) befriend; pair, team, join, consort, associate, ally (with); match (s, ed, ing)
Radical: 74+4 | First occurrence: Hexagram 02.0
Concordance & Context (15 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 02.0
Gua Ci★
companions, friends, allies, associates
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: 74+4→ 02.0
companions, friends, allies, associates
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*
Tuan Zhuan
companions
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
companions
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
2nd Line
companions, friends; friendships, alliances
包荒，用馮河，不遐遺，朋亡，得尚于中行。
Embrace the wilderness
It is useful to cross the river without a boat
Avoid aloofness and neglect
Alliances are impermanent
Learn the value in balanced action
→ 16.4
4th Line
companions, friends, associates, allies
由豫，大有得。勿疑，朋盍簪。
At the springs of readiness
There is much to have and to gain
Do not hesitate
Companions are gathered as hair by a clasp
→ 24.0
Gua Ci
(a, the) companion, friend, ally, associate (s)
復，亨，出入無吉，朋來無咎。反復其道，七日來復，利有攸往。
Fulfillment
Exit and enter without anxiety
Companions arrive without fail
Turning around and returning is the way
The seventh day brings return
Worthwhile to have somewhere to go
→ 31.4
Tuan Zhuan
(and) (that) companions
復亨，剛反。動而以順行，是以出入無吉，朋來無咎。反復其道，七日來復，天行也。利有攸往，剛長也。復其見天地之心乎！
Returning (means) fulfillment:
The firm comes back around
Energetic, and using acceptance to proceed
So it is that exiting (and) entering (are) without anxiety
(And) companions arrive without fail
Turning around (and) returning (is) the way,
The seventh day brings return:
(As) heaven behaves
Worthwhile to have somewhere to go:
Firmness prevails
(In) returning one sees the heart of heaven (and) earth!
4th Line
(your) companions, associates; alliances
贞吉，悔亡。憧憧往來，朋從爾思。
(Fan Yao* 39.4: if going is impassable, then coming is alliance)
Persistence is promising
Regrets pass
If unsettled and vacillating in whether to go or come
Your alliances will conform to your thinking*
→ 39.5
5th Line
companions, friends, allies, partners
大蹇，朋來。
At a major impasse
Companions appear
→ 40.4
Xiao Xiang 5
companions
大蹇朋來，以中節也。
39.5x (At a) major impasse, companions appear:
Because the center (is) defined
4th Line
(when) companion, ally, friend, associate (s)
觧而拇，朋至斯孚。
Release your big toe*
When companions approach, trust them
→ 41.5
5th Line
(matched) pairs "
或益之十朋之龜，弗克違，元吉。
Somebody grants one ten matched pairs of tortoise shells
One cannot refuse
Outstanding opportunity
→ 42.2
2nd Line
(matched) pairs "
或益之十朋之龜，弗克違，永贞吉。王用享于帝，吉。
Somebody grants one ten matched pairs of tortoise shells
One cannot refuse
Enduring commitment is promising
The sovereign presents offerings to the divine*
Promising
→ 58.X
Xiang Zhuan
joins, pairs, allies, teams, consorts with
麗澤，兌。君子以朋友講習。
Interconnecting pools
Satisfaction
The noble young one, accordingly,
joins with friends for discussion and practice
→ 02.0
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