升
sheng1Mathews: 5745GSR: 897a
Dictionary Definition
(to) advance (on, upon), promote, ascend, climb, arise, rise up, rise above, move upward, go up, step up, improve, mount, lift up, accumulate, save; issue forth (s, ed, ing); (a, the) advance, advancement, promotion, improvement, ascent, climb, step, increment (s); a measure of capacity; [to invest in potential energy]
Radical: 24+2 | First occurrence: Hexagram 13.3
Concordance & Context (13 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 13.3
3rd Line★
(and) climbing (up), ascending (to)
伏戎于莽，升其高陵，三歲不興。
Caching weapons in the underbrush
Climbing one’s highest hill
Three years without rising up
Stats: 24+2→ 46.0
Gua Ci
advancement, ascent; step, climb up(wards)
升，元亨。用見大人，勿恤，南征吉。
Most fulfilling
Productive to encounter a mature human being
Do not worry
To go boldly southward* is promising
→ 46.1
1st Line
advance, ascent, promotion; to step up
允升，大吉。
Well-favored advance
Great opportunity
→ 46.3
3rd Line
advancing on, upon; acquiring
升虛邑。
Advancing upon an empty town
→ 46.5
5th Line
(the) advance; move up, ascend, climb (ing)
贞吉，升階。
Persistence is promising
Advance is by steps
→ 46.6
6th Line
advance, ascent, climb (ing)
冥升，利于不息之贞。
Blind ascent
Advantage in not relaxing that resolve
→ 29.T
Tuan Zhuan
ascent, climbing, rising above
習坎，重險。水流而不盈，行險而不失其信。維心亨，乃以剛中。行有尚，往有功。天險不可升，地險山川丘陵。王公設險以守其國，險之時用大矣哉！
Repeated exposure
(Means) twice the risk
The water replenishes but does not pile up
Making progress (through) risk yet never losing its confidence
To keep the heart secure (is) fulfillment:
When making use of the firmness within
Progress will be valued:
To continue on will be an accomplishment
Heavenly hazards do not permit climbing
Earthly hazards (are) mountains (and) rivers, hills (and) heights
Sovereigns (and) patriarchs arrange hazards in order to protect their domains
Risk’s timely application (is) very important here!
→ 13.3
Xiao Xiang 1
advance
允升大吉，上合志也。
46.1x Well-favored advance (is) a great opportunity:
A higher (and) unifying purpose
Xiao Xiang 3
advancing upon
升虛邑，無所疑也。
46.3x Advancing upon an empty town:
(This is) no place for doubts
Xiao Xiang 5
(in) advancing
贞吉升階，大得志也。
46.5x Persistence (is) promising (in) advancing by steps:
A well-earned objective
Xiao Xiang 6
ascent
冥升在上，消不富也。
46.6x Blind ascent to the top:
Expending instead of accruing
Tuan Zhuan
to advance
柔以時升，巽而順，剛中而應，是以大亨。用見大人，勿恤，有慶也。南征吉，志行也。
The flexible uses the time to advance
Adapting and also accepting
The firm (is) central and resonant
This is, accordingly, very fulfilling
Productive to encounter a mature human being,
Do not worry:
Own the rewards
The southern expedition (is) promising:
The intentions (are) carried out
Xiang Zhuan
advancement
地中生木，升。君子以順德，積小以高大。
Within the earth wood grows
Advancement
The noble young one, accordingly, is accepting by nature
Collecting the small things as a way to the noble and great
→ 13.3
Homophones (sheng)
生sheng1(to) exist, live, fluorish, thrive; arise, be born, develop, grow, originate, rise (from); (be)come alive; bring/come/spring forth; bear, beget, breed, create (life), give birth, produce, quicken, send (up, out, forth) (s, ed, ing); (to be) alive, fertile, fresh, green, new, novel, raw, unrefined, unripe, vital; raised, reared, bred; (a, the) activity, being, birth, creation, development, existence, growth, (new) life, lives, living, lifetime, livelihood, origin(s), means of living, vitality; of birth, of life牲sheng1sacrifices(ificial) beasts, animals (livestock)眚sheng3(a, the) distress, suffering, calamity, injury, harm, fault, error, mishap, grave error, blunder, blindness, evil consequence, blight; film over the eye, disease of the eye; (to) dismiss, restrict, reduce; suffer (s, ed, ing); (to be) injured, harmed盛sheng4abundance, flourishing, plenty, prosperity, amplitude聖sheng4(to be) consecrated, divine, holy, intuitive, perceptive, reverent, sacred, sagacious, sagely, saintly, wise; (a, the) holiness, piety, reverence, sacredness, sagacity, wisdom; piousness, sanctimony; sage; wisdom’s; [combining spiritual, moral and intellectual virtues]勝sheng4success in; succeed in; can; (is, are) able to "
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