取
qu3Mathews: 1615GSR: 131a
Dictionary Definition
(to) accept, appropriate, assume, catch, capture, choose, collect, court, draw, grab, grasp, obtain, occupy, pick, pick up, pick out, prefer, possess, receive, seek, seize, select, take, take up, take over, take hold of, lay hold of, win; pair with, mate with, marry (s, ed, ing)
Radical: 29+6 | First occurrence: Hexagram 04.3
Concordance & Context (10 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 04.3
3rd Line★
to pair, mate with; to choose, court, seek, take "
勿用取女，見金夫，不有躬，無攸利。
Not at all useful to court the woman
Who encounters a man with money
And loses self-possession
Not a direction with merit
Stats: 29+6→ 31.0
Gua Ci
to pair, mate with; choose, seek, court, marry
咸，亨，利贞。取女吉。
Fulfillment
Rewarding to persist
To court the young woman* is promising
→ 44.0
Gua Ci
to pair, mate with; to choose, court, seek "
姤，女壮，勿用取女。
The woman is powerful*
Not at all useful to court this woman
→ 56.1
1st Line
draws, chooses, courts, seeks, collects
旅瑣瑣，斯其所取災。
The wanderer is fussy and annoying
And so this position courts suffering
→ 62.5
5th Line
preferring, choosing, selecting, taking
密雲不雨，自我西郊。公弋取彼在穴。
Thick clouds but no rain
From our western horizon
Even the prince hunts with tethered arrows
Preferring that quarry inside the cave
→ 08.5x
Xiao Xiang 5
(and) seek, select, take, choose, court (ing)
顯比之吉，位正中也。舍逆取順，失前禽也。邑人不誡，上使中也。
08.5x Belonging exemplified holds promise:
The position (is) correct (and) central
* To abandon the unwilling (and) seek the accepting
(Is) letting go of the forward game
* (His) district’s inhabitants will not be coerced:
The superior commands the middle
→ 04.3
Xiao Xiang 3
to court
勿用取女，行不順也。
04.3x Not at all useful to court (this) woman:
(Her) behavior (is) less than responsive
Tuan Zhuan
(and) to court
咸，感。柔上而剛下，二气感應以相與。止而説，男下女，是以亨利贞取女吉。天地感而萬物化生，聖人感人心而天下和平。觀其所感，而天地萬物之晴可見矣。
Reciprocity
(Means) being moved
The flexible (is) above while the firm (is) below
The two vital forces (are) moved in resonance
(And) with this support each other
Stillness and enjoyment
The masculine submits to the feminine
And so it is that fulfillment rewards persistence
(And) to court the young woman (is) promising
Heaven (and) earth move each other
And so the myriad beings transform (and) come to life
The wise ones move the human heart
And all under heaven respond with peace
Comprehend this function of touch
Then heaven (and) earth (and) the myriad beings
Will now have natures (which) may be seen plainly
Tuan Zhuan
to court
姤，遇也。柔遇剛也。勿用取女，不可與長也。天地相遇，品物咸章也。剛遇中正，天下大行也。姤之時義大矣哉！
Dissipation
(Means) to encounter
The flexible encounters the firm
Not at all useful to court (this) woman:
Not suited to enduring together
Heaven (and) earth encounter each other
(And) the varieties of beings join in the composition
Firmness encounters (with) concentration (and) integrity
(And) all under heaven make great advances
Chance encounter’s proper timing (is) very important here!
Za Gua
taking, picking up; selecting, courting
Stats: 04.3
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