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Concordance & Context (4 occurrences)

Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 02.0
Gua Ci
(a, the) female; ^
坤:元,亨,利馬之贞。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*
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Gua Ci
^; female
離,利贞,亨。畜牛,吉。
Meriting persistence Fulfillment Attend to the cow Promising
02.0
Tuan Zhuan
^ [fem]
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。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
^
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

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