施
shi1Mathews: 5768GSR: 4l'
Dictionary Definition
(to) extend (to), expand, distribute, give (to), apportion, deliver, issue, fall (from), give alms, broadcast, spread (out), add to, exhibit, display, show, express, diffuse, reach, carry out, execute, enforce, enact, practice, perform, apply, influence, apply, place, arrange, supply, pass down, give, grant, confer, bestow, dispense, stray, digress, go too far (s, ed, ing); (to be) extended, expanded, granted, bestowed, expressed, apportioned, carried out, supplied; (a, the) ramifications, (full) extent, attenuation, reach, scope, gift, grant, given, influence, apportionment, distribution, allocation; extensively, generously
Radical: 70+5 | First occurrence: Hexagram 01.T
Concordance & Context (9 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 01.T
Tuan Zhuan★
(is) bestowed, granted, extended; falls
大哉乾元，萬物資始，乃統天。雲行雨施，品物流形。大明終始，六位時成。時乘六龍以御天。乾道變化，各正性命，保合太和，乃利贞。首出庶物，萬國咸寧。
How great (is) creation’s source!
The myriad beings (are) provided beginnings
Along with all of the sky
Clouds pass, rain falls
The varieties of beings flow into form
Great light completes (then) begins
The six positions (are) by season fulfilled
Seasons to mount the six dragons
(And) with these to master the skies
Creation’s way (is) emergence (and) transformation
Each being true to inner nature (and) higher law
Security (is) joining in the highest attunement
It is this that rewards persistence
(As) leaders emerge from the numberless beings
The myriad realms come together in peace
Stats: 70+5→ 01.2x
Xiao Xiang 2
reach(es), extent(ds), spread(s), influence(s)
見龍在田，德施普也。
01.2x - Dragon appears in the field:
Merit’s reach (is) extensive
→ 03.5x
Xiao Xiang 5
(the) extent, reach, ramifications, scope
屯其膏，施未光也。
03.5x Collecting one’s riches:
The ramifications (are) not yet revealed
→ 09.T
Tuan Zhuan
(the) gift, grant, influence; full extent, reach
小畜，柔得位而上下應之，曰小畜。健而巽，剛中而志行，乃亨。密雲不雨，尚往也。自我西郊，施未行也。
Raising small beasts
The flexible finds a place and high (and) low respond to this
So this is called minor concerns
Dynamic and yet adaptive
The firm (is) central and so the intentions (are) carried out
After this, fulfillment
Thick clouds (but) no rain:
Value (any) forward progress
From our western horizon:
The influence is not yet in motion
→ 15.X
Xiang Zhuan
apportionment, distribution, allocation (s)*
地中有山，谦。君子以衰多益寡，穪物平施。
Within the earth is a mountain
Authenticity
The noble young one, accordingly,
diminishes the excessive and adds to the deficient
Appraising things with fair allocation*
→ 27.4x
Xiao Xiang 4
42,T extends, expands, spreads out
顪頤之吉，上施光。
27.4x Top-heavy appetite holds promise:
Ascending extends (what is) known
→ 01.T
Tuan Zhuan
bestows, confers, gives, grants, extends
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
→ 43.X
Xiang Zhuan
distributes, extends, dispenses, passes down
澤上於天，夬。君子以施祿及下，居德則忌。
The lake rises into the sky
Decisiveness
The noble young one, accordingly,
Dispenses favor to reach those below
Resting on virtue is thereby avoided
→ 44.X
Xiang Zhuan
issue, deliver, extend, broadcast, dispense (s)
天下有風，姤。后以施命誥四方。
Beneath the sky is the wind
Dissipation
Rulers, accordingly, issue commands and decrees
in all four directions
→ 01.T
Homophones (shi)
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