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shi1Mathews: 5806GSR: 402a
Dictionary Definition
(to) dismiss, disregard, err, fail, forget, forgo, go back on, give up, let go of, (let) slip, lose, lose control (of), miss, neglect, omit, relinquish; break, depart, deviate, escape, stray (from), (s, ed, ing); (to be) lost, off, out of; (to have) left, lost, forgone, forsaken; (a, the) defect, deficit, disregard, error, failure, fault, lack, heedlessness, loss, mishap, mistake, negligence, omission 441
Radical: 37+2 | First occurrence: Hexagram 08.5
Concordance & Context (36 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 08.5
5th Line★
forgoing, giving up, letting go (of)
顯比。王用三驅，失前禽，邑人不誡，吉。
Belonging exemplified:
The sovereign employs only three game flushers
Letting go of the forward game
His district’s inhabitants will not be coerced
Promising
Stats: 37+2→ 17.2
2nd Line
losing, neglecting, giving up, dismissing
係小子，失丈夫。
Bound to the little child
Giving up one of maturity
→ 17.3
3rd Line
losing, neglecting, giving up, dismissing
係丈夫，失小子。隨有求得，利居贞。
Bound to one of maturity
Giving up the little child
Following comes to be seeking of gain
Worthwhile to abide in persistence
→ 35.5
5th Line
(about, over) loss; giving up; failure
悔亡。失得勿恤，往吉，無不利。
Regrets pass
Loss and gain are not to be taken to heart
Simply to go is promising
Nothing cannot be turned to advantage
→ 64.6
6th Line
(is) ( ^) (to) lose, forgo, fail, relinquish (s) ( ^)
有孚于飲酒，無咎。濡其首，有孚失是。
Being confident on top of drinking wine
Not wrong
But to soak one’s own head,
Even with truth, is truly to lose it
→ 02.T
Tuan Zhuan
(is) to lose, forget, neglect, stray from
至哉坤元，萬物資生，乃順承天。坤厚載物，德合無疆，含弘光大，品物咸亨。牝馬地類，行地無疆，柔順利贞。君子攸行，先迷失道，後順得常。西南得朋，乃與類行；東北丧朋，乃終有慶。安贞之吉，應地無疆。
How consummate (is) receptivity’s source!
The myriad beings (are) provided with life
And so, (in) acceptance, inherit the sky
Accepting (with) generosity upholds the outer world
Character accommodates without drawing boundaries
Comprehending vastness, exemplifying wholeness
The varieties of beings (are) joined in fulfillment
The mare (is) the earth’s kindred spirit
(And) wanders an earth with no borders
Gentleness (and) acceptance reward persistence:
The noble young one’s purpose in going
To initiate confusion (is) to stray from the way
To follow (with) acceptance (is) to learn the principles
West (to) south, find companions:
And so, with the help of one’s kind, make progress
East (to) north, forgo companions:
Although, in the end, there will be rewards
Securing the certain holds promise:
The response to a world without limits
→ 08.5
Xiao Xiang 1
to give up; relinquishing, giving up, losing
需於郊，不犯難行也。利用恆，無咎，未失常也。
05.1x Waiting on the outskirts:
Not rushing into difficult action
* Worthwhile to use what endures (and) avoid error:
Before losing the principle
→ 08.5
Xiao Xiang 6
loss, mishap, omission, negligence
不速之客來，敬之終吉。雖不當位，未大失也。
05.6x With no invitations extended, visitors arrive
To attend to them will end in good fortune:
Although not a proper situation
Still less than a major mishap
→ 08.5
Xiao Xiang 4
(is) lost; (a) loss, failure; straying, negligence
復即命，渝安贞，不失也。
06.4x Returning to take up a higher purpose
Withdrawing to secure the certain:
This is not failure
→ 08.5
Xiao Xiang 1
to forget, neglect, dismiss, lose, stray from
師出以律，失律凶也。
07.1x The militia sets out according to codes:
To forget the codes (is) unfortunate
→ 08.5
Xiao Xiang 4
losing, neglecting, forgetting, straying from
左次無咎，未失常也。
07.4x A fallback encampment is not a mistake:
Still not neglecting the principles
→ 08.5
Xiao Xiang 2
(is) lost, neglected, forgone, given up "
比之自內，不自失也。
08.2x Joining with them comes from within:
Nothing of one’s own (is) given up
→ 08.5
Xiao Xiang 5
(is) letting go (of)
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
Xiao Xiang 2
is lost, surrendered, forgone, given up "
牽復在中，亦不自失也。
09.2x Drawn to returning is in the center
Truly nothing of one’s own (is) given up
→ 08.5
Xiao Xiang 4
neglecting, losing, disregarding, missing
翩翩不復，皆失實也。不戒以孚，中心願也。
11.4x Fluttering (and) fussing, not much enrichment:
Completely neglecting the substance
* Not guarding the way to truth:
Within the heart (is) the hope
→ 08.5
Xiao Xiang 1
(is) lost, missed, forgone; (a) loss, straying
官有渝，從正吉也。出門交有功，不失也。
17.1x Standards will change:
To follow the true (is) promising
* Leaving the gate to interact has merit:
Nothing (is) lost
→ 08.5
Xiao Xiang 3
losing, neglecting; straying from, off "
觀我生進退，未失道也。
20.3x Observing our own lives (in) advances (and) retreats:
Still not neglecting the path
→ 08.5
Xiao Xiang 3
let go of, forgo, give up, relinquish (ing)
剝之無咎，失上下也。
23.3x Curtailing itself is not a mistake:
Let go of high (and) low
→ 08.5
Xiao Xiang 2
(that) neglect, forget, disregard, stray (s) from
六二征凶，行失類。
27.2x Six second goes boldly (into) failure:
Behavior (that) strays from its kind
→ 08.5
Xiao Xiang 1
(to) lose, stray from, forget, miss (ing)
習坎入坎，失道凶。
29.1x Twice the exposure going into the canyon:
To lose the way (is) foreboding
→ 08.5
Xiao Xiang 6
loses, misses, neglects, strays from
尚六失道，凶三歲。
29.6x Top six loses the way:
An unfortunate three years
→ 08.5
Tuan Zhuan
lose, give up, let (slip, go of), fail (ing)
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!
→ 08.5
Xiao Xiang 5
loss
失德勿恤，罔有慶。
35.5x Loss (and) gain (are) not to be taken to heart:
(Simply) to go will be rewarding
Xiao Xiang 6
disregard, dismiss; stray (ing) from
出登于天，照四國。獲入于地，失則。
36.6x At first rising into the sky:
To illuminate the four domains
* At last going into the earth:
Disregarding due order
→ 08.5
Xiao Xiang 3
(a) loss, failure; lost; disregard, [ disrespect]
家人嗃嗃，未失。婦子嘻嘻，失家節。
37.3x Family members scolded severely:
Not yet failure
* Wife (and) child smirking (and) mocking:
(Is) to lose the family’s boundaries
→ 08.5
(have)(ing) lost, let go of; (is) to lose
家人嗃嗃，未失。婦子嘻嘻，失家節。
37.3x Family members scolded severely:
Not yet failure
* Wife (and) child smirking (and) mocking:
(Is) to lose the family’s boundaries
Xiao Xiang 2
lose, stray from, forget (ing); off; left "
遇主于巷，未失道。
38.2x Meeting with the leader in the alley:
Still not off the path
→ 08.5
Xiao Gua
to lose, relinquish, forgo, let go
Stats: 08.5
Tuan Zhuan
lose, let go of, give up, relinquish (ing)
困，剛揜，險以説，困而不失其所亨，其唯君子乎。贞大人吉，以剛中也。有言不信，尚口乃窮也。
Exhaustion
The firm (is) covered over
To risk leads to satisfaction
(To be) beset and still not lose that which is fulfilling
One who is truly a noble young one attains this
Persistence (is) the mature human being’s promise:
By way of the firmness within
There will be words but no assurance:
To value the oral leads to exhaustion
→ 08.5
Xiao Xiang 3
losing, forgetting, disregarding, neglecting
鼎耳革，失其義也。
50.3x The cauldron’s ears (have been) altered:
Disregarding their significance
→ 08.5
Xiao Xiang 1
losing, neglecting; straying from, off
艮其趾，未失正也。
52.1x Stilling those toes:
Before losing the principle
→ 08.5
Tuan Zhuan
lose, neglect, miss, forgo, relinquish (ing)
艮，止也。時止則止，時行則行，動靜不失其時，其道光明。艮其止，止其所也。上下敵應，不相與也。是以不獲其身，行其庭不見其人，無咎也。
Stillness
(Means) to keep still
(If) time to stop, then stop
(If) time to move, then move
(When) activity (and) rest do not lose their timing
One’s path (is) revealed (and) clarified
Stillness (means) self-restraint
Restraint (is) to one’s own purpose
Above (and) below resist corresponding
Having nothing to do with each other
And so it is that having no grasp of one’s own being
(And) moving (through) one’s courtyard
Without seeing other people
(Is) without blame
→ 08.5
Xiao Xiang 3
losing, missing, neglecting, forgoing
夫征不復，離群醜也。婦孕不育，失其道也。利用禦寇，順相保也。
53.3x The husband presses on instead of returning:
Abandoning flock (and) kindred
* The wife conceives but (can)not raise (her) young:
Losing her own way
→ 08.5
Xiao Gua
letting go of, losing, relinquishing, giving up
Stats: 08.5
Xiao Xiang 2
losing, missing, forgoing, disregarding
不出門庭，凶，失時極也。
60.2x Not going past the gate (from) the courtyard
(is) disappointing:
Losing the crucial timing
→ 08.5
Tuan Zhuan
(has, have) lost, forgone, relinquished, left
小過，小者過而亨也。過以利贞，與時行也。柔得中，是以小事吉也。剛失位而不中，是以不可大事也。有飛鳥之象焉。飛鳥遺之音，不宜上宜下，大吉；上逆而下順也。
Smallness in excess
The small are those who go beyond and so (are) fulfilled
Exceeding, accordingly, (is) worth persistence
To take part in the time (is) to move
The flexible gains the center
This is how minor concerns (are) promising
The firm (has) lost position and also is not in the center
(And) so this is, accordingly, not suited to great concerns
There is the flying bird’s image herein
The flying bird bequeaths this message:
(If) not adapted to heights (then) adapt to (remaining) below
Much promise:
Above (is) resistance while below (is) acceptance
→ 08.5
Homophones (shi)
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extensively, generously時shi2(a, the) time, timing, opportune timing, right time, timeliness, season, period, epoch, moment, occasion, opportunity (s); occasions of, times of; (to be) present, current, by season, in season, of the season; (in, of, by) time; timely, timelier, well-timed, seasonal, seasonable, opportune, momentous; this, now, then; (the) time’s, season’s, moment’s, opportunity’s; at all times, constantly十shi2(a, the) ten; ten times, tenfold, tenth; -ty食shi2(a, the) food, feed, feast, nourishment, sustenance, subsistence, refreshment, meal, fare, eats; sufficiency; (to) eat (up), have eaten, feast, have feasted, dine, have dined, consume, feed (on, upon), devour, take, partake (from, in), subsist on, draw from, draw upon, drink (from), ingest, swallow, take nourishment; incorporate, appropriate, embody (s, ed, ing); (to be) eaten, consumed, taken in, ingested, devoured, swallowed, eclipsed, diminished, nourished by, nourishing, sustained by, sustaining; wanes石shi2stone, rock (s)鼫shi2(a, the) squirrelly, long-tailed, skulking實shi2(a, the) substance, reality, effect, result, fruit, fruition, manifestation, development; sincerity, authenticity; belonging, riches, possession; real, real thing, truth, facts, stuff, content (s); (to be) actual, substantial, substantive, substantiated, authentic, confirmed, honest, real, genuine, sincere, solid, solidified, hard, true, concrete, practical, applicable, factual, rich, full; (to) make real, verify, validate, substantiate, develop into, feed, satisfy, enrich, fill, stuff (s, ed, ing); really, truly, actually, exactly, in fact, in reality, in truth; this, that; id est識shi2(recorded) knowledge, learning, experience +豕shi3boar, hog, pig, swine史shi3scribes, chroniclers, recorders, [ reporters]使shi3(a, an, this) commission, charge, assignment始shi3(a, the) beginning(s), birth, start, genesis, conception, commencement, onset, origin, outset, precursor, source; (at, from, in) (the) beginning, first, outset, start; (to) begin, commence, initiate, originate, renew, start (out), (s, ed, ing) (with); (to be) early, first, fresh, new; after, after this, then; as soon as, from now on矢shi3(and) arrows筮shi4divining, consultation, oracle, inquiry +噬shi4(to) bite (into, on), bite down on, bite off, eat, devour, gnaw, chew (on) (s, ed, ing)士shi4(a) young (gentle)man, male; bachelor事shi4(a, the) activity, affair, assignment, duty, business, busyness, challenge, concern, effort, endeavor, engagement, event, function, job, involvement, matter, mission, office, occasion, occupation, problem, project, undertaking, responsibility, service, trouble, task, work; case, fact, matter, subject, phenomena(on), thing; official, delegate, servant, functionary; work to do, work to be done; matter/task (s) at hand; sacrifice; (to) attend to, do business, carry out, get involved, help, manage, serve, tend to, try, wait upon, work (for); make/take effort/trouble; engage in ... activity, make ... effort (s, ed, ing); (to be) engaged (in), hands on, occupied視shi4(to) see, watch, look, observe, regard (ing) "世shi4(and) young male是shi4(and) so it is (that), (it) is (...) that, true; (and) so there/one/they is/are/will be; certainly, indeed, surely, truly; to be this; to be right; in actuality/fact/truth; it is truly; it, that, thus, this, these, such, there (is, are) (indeed); to be, be this; it is (a, an); is to be; itself is, such is, what is; to this; (to be) absolute, certain, correct, exact, positive, right, sure, true; such, thus, this, which (is/may be/might be); correctly, (a, the) certainty, right(ness, eousness); (is, are, may) actually, correctly, exactly, positively, precisely, rightly, truly, in truth (be); yes; that ...試shi4(an) experiment, test, trial (s); testing, proving勢shi4capacity, forte, (special) strength, disposition餙shi4embellishment, adornment; pretense; false室shi4(their) domestic affairs, household, home
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