涉
she4Mathews: 5707GSR: 634a
Dictionary Definition
(to) cross, ford, ferry, wade, wade into (a river, stream); experience, go through, pass through, traverse; concern, involve; relate to, get involved (s, ed, ing); (a, the) crossing, ford, relations, experience
Radical: 85+7 | First occurrence: Hexagram 05.0
Concordance & Context (22 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 05.0
Gua Ci★
to cross, ford, ferry, venture, experience "
需：有孚，光亨，贞吉。利涉大川。
Be true
Honor fulfillment
Persistence is timely
Worthwhile to cross the great stream
Stats: 85+7→ 06.0
Gua Ci
to cross, ford, ferry, venture, experience "
訟：有孚，窒惕，中吉，終凶。利見大人，不利涉大川。
Being true yet opposed
Wariness in the middle is promising
At the end, unfortunate
Worthwhile to meet a mature human being
Not worthwhile to cross the great stream
→ 13.0
Gua Ci
to cross, ford, ferry, venture, experience 15.1
同人于野，亨。利涉大川，利君子贞。
Fellowship with Others
on the frontier
Fulfillment
Worthwhile to cross the great stream
And worth the noble young one’s persistence
→ 15.1
1st Line
(to, in) cross, ford, ferry, venture (ing) 18.0
谦谦君子，用涉大川，吉。
Authentic modesty in the noble young one
Is useful in crossing great streams
Promising
→ 18.0
Gua Ci
to cross, ford, ferry, venture, experience "
蠱，元亨，利涉大川。先甲三日，後甲三日。
Most fulfilling
Worthwhile to cross the great stream
Before the beginning, three days
After the beginning, three days
→ 26.0
Gua Ci
to cross, ford, ferry, venture, experience 27.5
大畜，利贞，不家食吉，利涉大川。
Worthwhile to be persistent
To not dine at home
Is promising
Worthwhile to cross the great stream
→ 27.5
5th Line
(to, for) cross, ford, ferry, venture (ing) 27.6
拂經，居贞吉，不可涉大川。
Dismissing the customary
To abide in persistence is promising
But not suited to crossing great streams
→ 27.6
6th Line
to cross, ford, ferry, venture, experience "
由頤，厲吉，利涉大川。
At the source of the appetites
Brutal but promising
Worthwhile to cross the great stream
→ 28.6
6th Line
(a, to) cross(ing), ford, wade into; experience
過涉滅頂，凶，無咎。
Too much to wade into, immersing one’s head
Brutal
Make no mistakes
→ 42.0
Gua Ci
to cross, ford, ferry, venture, experience "
益，利有攸往，利涉大川。
Worthwhile to have somewhere to go
Worthwhile to cross the great stream
→ 59.0
Gua Ci
to cross, ford, ferry, venture, experience "
渙。亨。王假有廟，利涉大川，利贞。
Fulfillment
The sovereign approaches his temple
Worthwhile to cross the great stream
Worthwhile to be dedicated
→ 61.0
Gua Ci
to cross, ford, ferry, venture, experience "
中孚。豚魚吉。利涉大川。利贞。
Piglets and fishes* - promising
Worthwhile to cross the great stream
Worthwhile to persist
→ 64.3
3rd Line
to cross, ford, ferry, venture, experience "
未濟，征凶。利涉大川。
If not yet across, to go boldly has pitfalls
It is worthwhile to cross the great stream
→ 05.0
Tuan Zhuan
to cross
需，須也。險在前也，剛健而不陷，其義不困窮矣。需有孚，光亨，贞吉，位乎天位，以正中也。利涉大川，往有功也。
Anticipation
(Means) necessity
Hazards lie ahead
(Be) firm (and) persevering and so avoid complications
This means to avoid affliction (and) exhaustion completely
Anticipation
Be true
Honoring fulfillment, persistence is timely:
(Be) poised, with celestial dignity,
(And), accordingly, upright (and) balanced
Worthwhile to cross the great stream:
To make progress will be an accomplishment
Tuan Zhuan
to cross
訟，上剛下險，險而健，訟。訟有孚窒惕，中吉，剛來而得中也。終凶，訟不可成也。利見大人，尚中正也。不利涉大川，入于淵也。
Contention
Above (is) firmness, below (is) risk
At risk and yet tenacious
(Means) contention
Contention
Being true (yet) opposed,
Wariness in the middle (is) promising:
The firm comes forward and gains the center
At the end, unfortunate:
Contention is not suited to completion
Worthwhile to meet a mature human being:
To honor the central and true
Not worthwhile to cross the great stream:
(This) leads to the abyss
Tuan Zhuan
to cross
同人，柔得位得中而應乎乾，曰同人。同人曰，同人于野，亨。利涉大川，乾行也。文明以健，中正而應，君子正也。唯君子為能通天下之志。
Fellowship with others
The flexible finds a position, gains the center
and resonates with the creative
So this is called fellowship with others
Fellowship with others says that
Fellowship with others on the frontier (is) fulfillment
Worthwhile to cross the great stream
(Meaning) higher order endeavor
Refinement (and) clarity make use of strength
The central (lines) (are) correct (and) correspond
The noble young one (is) principled
Only the noble young one develops the capacity
To comprehend the direction of all under heaven
Tuan Zhuan
to cross
蠱，剛上而柔下，巽而止，蠱。蠱元亨，而天下治也。利涉大川，往有事也。先甲三日，後甲三日，終則有始，天行也。
Detoxifying
The firm (is) above while the flexible (is) below
Adaptive and yet motionless
Fixations
Detoxifying (is) most fulfilling:
As all under heaven (is) healed
Worthwhile to cross the great stream:
(In) moving on there is work to do
Before the beginning, three days,
After the beginning, three days:
In the end, in due order, there will be a beginning
As heaven behaves
Tuan Zhuan
to cross
大畜，剛健篤實輝光，日新其德，剛上而尚賢，能止健，大正。不家食吉，養賢。利涉大川，應乎天。
“Vowing to train at chariot and defense,” which would preserve some of the impli-
cation of dedicated sacrifice suggested by the Zhi Gua.
Xiao Xiang 6
to wade into
過涉之凶，不可咎。
28.6x Too much to wade into comes into bad luck:
But not deserving blame
Tuan Zhuan
to cross
益，損上益下，民説無疆。自上下下，其道大光。利有攸往，中正有慶。利涉大川，木道乃行。益，動而巽，日進無疆。天施地生，其益無方。凡益之道，與時偕行。
Increasing
Decreasing the lofty to increase the humble
The people’s satisfaction is not a limitation
From the lofty down to the humble
Such a course (is) highly exemplary
Worthwhile to have somewhere to go:
Concentration (and) uprightness will be rewarding
Worthwhile to cross the great stream:
The nature of wood leads to progress
Increase moves while adapting
The day’s progress is not a limitation
Heaven confers, the earth brings forth
This increase is without directives
The general increase is that of the way,
Sharing the time (and) moving in union
Tuan Zhuan
to cross
渙，亨。剛來而不窮，柔得位乎外而上同。王假有廟，王乃在中也。利涉大川，乘木有功也。
Scattering fulfills
The firm comes forward, yet will not be exhausted
The flexible learns (its) place on the outside
And associates with the superior
The sovereign approaches his temple:
The sovereign is then in the center
Worthwhile to cross the great stream:
Relying on wood brings results
Tuan Zhuan
to cross
中孚，柔在內而剛得中。説而巽，孚乃化邦也。豚魚吉，信及豚魚也。利涉大川，乘木舟虛也。中孚以利贞，乃應乎天也。
The truth within
Flexibility dwells within while firmness secures the center
Satisfaction with adaptation
The true will then transform the realm
Piglets (and) fishes - promising:
Trust (is) extended to piglets (and) fishes
Worthwhile to cross the great stream:
Relying on a wooden boat’s hollowness
The truth within (is) accordingly worth (the) persistence:
Then (one) resonates with heaven
Homophones (she)
舌she2(and) tongue舍she3(to) give up, release, dismiss, quit, rest, stop, halt, set aside, forsake, abjure, forgo, forget, let loose, let go of, let off, do without, put away, put/push/set aside, leave, neglect, abandon, ignore, pass by, surrender, part with; spend, expend, risk, sacrifice, omit, offer, bestow, dispense, grant, give, give alms; rest in, stop, lay over, encamp, leave off, take a break (s, ed, ing); (to be) given up, dismissed, forsaken, forgone, set aside, abandoned, ignored, neglected, passed by, surrendered, forgotten; (a, the) cottage, dwelling, lodging house, shed, lodge, hut, booth, resting place, encampment社she4(the) altar(s) to land, soil, place, [genii loci]赦she4aim at射she4(his) aim at, (a) shot at設she4to found, establish, base, set up, devise 20.X
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