眚
sheng3Mathews: 5741GSR: 812i
Dictionary Definition
(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
Radical: 109+5 | First occurrence: Hexagram 06.2
Concordance & Context (8 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 06.2
2nd Line★
suffer(ing), calamity(ies), evil consequence
不克訟，歸而逋，其邑人三百戶，無眚。
Not capable of contending
Capitulate and take refuge
One’s home town’s people, three hundred households,
Will escape suffering
Stats: 109+5→ 24.6
6th Line
(and) injury, grave error, blunder (s); suffering "
迷復，凶，有災眚。用行師，終有大敗，以其國君凶，至于十年不克征。
Lost return
Ominous
There will be calamity and grave errors
If trying to advance the military
In the end there will be a major defeat
Reaching one’s domain and its nobility with misfortune
Even after ten years, no ability to campaign*
→ 25.0
Gua Ci
suffering, distress, injury; grave error, consequences*
無妄，元亨，利贞。其匪正有眚，不利有攸往。
Most fulfilling
Worthwhile to persist
For one without integrity there will be suffering*
And not much reward in having somewhere to go
→ 25.6
6th Line
suffering, distress, error, injury, evil consequence
無妄行有眚，無攸利。
Without pretensions, yet advance brings suffering
This is not a direction with merit
→ 51.3
3rd Line
(to) distress, suffering, harm, injury, mishap
震蘇蘇，震行無眚。
The shock awakens and revives
Be excited to movement instead of distress
→ 62.6
(to) distress, suffering, harm, injury, mishap
震蘇蘇，震行無眚。
The shock awakens and revives
Be excited to movement instead of distress
6th Line
(and) harm, grave error, blindness, suffering "
弗遇過之。飛鳥離之，凶，是謂災眚。
With no acknowledgement in passing others by
The flying birds get distance from this one
Bad omen
Surely a sign of calamity and suffering
→ 06.2
Tuan Zhuan
suffering
無妄，剛自外來而為主於內，動而健，剛中而應，大亨以正，天之命。其匪正有眚，不利有攸往。無妄之往，何之矣？天命不祐，行矣哉！
Without pretense
Firmness comes from without and becomes master on the inside
Movement with lasting vigor
The firm (is) central and resonant
Great fulfillment (is) according to integrity
Heaven’s higher law
For one without integrity there will be suffering
(And) not (much) reward in having somewhere to go
(While) without pretense there is forward progress
How is this so?
Heaven’s higher law is not protection:
(It is) movement itself!
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)升sheng1(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]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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