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shi2Mathews: 5821GSR: 398a

Dictionary Definition

(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

Radical: 40+11 | First occurrence: Hexagram 27.0

Concordance & Context (13 occurrences)

Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 27.0
Gua Ci
(to)(the) substance, incorporation, feed(ing)
頤,贞吉。觀頤,自求口
Persistence is promising Study the hungry mouth From the searching mouth to the feeding
Stats: 40+1150.2
2nd Line
content(s), substance; results; (the) genuine
鼎有,我仇有疾,不我能即,吉。
The cauldron holds substance Our counterparts have anxieties This is not in our scope of pursuits Promising
54.6
6th Line
contents, fruit; substance, reality; sincerity
女承筐無,士刲羊無血,無攸利。
The bride offers up a basket, with no contents The groom sacrifices a lamb, with no blood Not a direction with merit
63.5
5th Line
(the) genuine, sincere, authentic, [realists]
東鄰殺牛,不如西鄰之禴祭,受其福。
The eastern neighbor sacrifices cattle Yet this is not equal to the western neighbor’s modest spring offering* The genuine received their blessings
04.4x
Xiao Xiang 4
reality, facts, substance, content, fruition
困蒙之吝,獨遠也。
04.4x The affliction (of) ignorance leads to shame: Abandoned (and) far from reality
11.4x
Xiao Xiang 4
(the) substance, content, real(ity), genuine
翩翩不復,皆失也。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
26.T
Tuan Zhuan
(and) substantial, genuine, real, honest
大畜,剛健篤輝光,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.
39.4x
Xiao Xiang 4
(is) (in) content, reality, substance, fruition
往蹇來連,當位也。
39.4x (If) going (is) impassable (then) coming back (means) alliance: The appropriate position (is in) reality
50.5x
Xiao Xiang 5
(in) reality, realities; (the) real, substantial
鼎黃耳,中以為也。
50.5x A cauldron (with) golden ears: In balance in order to effect realities
27.0
Xiao Xiang 3
(for) ten
十年勿用,道大悖。
27.3x (For) ten years not to be functional: A path greatly sideways
Tuan Zhuan
(to the) feeding
頤贞吉,養正則吉。觀頤,觀其所養。自求口,觀其自養。天地養萬物,聖人養賢以及萬民。頤之時大矣哉!
Hungry mouth Persistence (is) promising: Nourish uprightness (and) in due order good fortune Study the hungry mouth: Study what is the purpose in nourishment From the searching mouth (to) the feeding: Study what are the sources of nourishment Heaven (and) earth nourish the myriad beings The wise ones nourish the worthy (and) thereby reach the whole of humanity Hungry mouth’s opportune timing (is) very important here!
Xiao Xiang 2
substance
鼎有,慎所之也。我仇有疾,終無尤也。
50.2x The cauldron holds substance: Be mindful of function here * Our counterparts hold anxieties: In the end, no reproach
Xiao Xiang 5
(the) genuine
東鄰殺牛,不如西鄰之時也。受其福,吉大來也。
63.5x The eastern neighbor sacrifices cattle: This is not equal to the western neighbor’s timing * The genuine received their blessings: The good fortune (has) completely arrived

Homophones (shi)

shi1(dead) bodies, corpses, fatalities, casualtiesshi1(a, the) militia, military, reserves, army, armies, host, hosts, legion(s), troops, garrison; general, master, specialist, tutor, expert, leader, instructor, director, assessor, example, (role) model, sage; expertise, organization, preparedness, readiness; [liquidity]; all; the people, the multitude, population; (to) teach, instruct, emulate, imitate, take as a norm or standard; model or pattern after another; militarily; a unit of 2500 troops 440shi1(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, generouslyshi1(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 441shi2(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, constantlyshi2(a, the) ten; ten times, tenfold, tenth; -tyshi2(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; wanesshi2stone, rock (s)shi2(a, the) squirrelly, long-tailed, skulkingshi2(recorded) knowledge, learning, experience +shi3boar, hog, pig, swineshi3scribes, chroniclers, recorders, [ reporters]使shi3(a, an, this) commission, charge, assignmentshi3(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 onshi3(and) arrowsshi4divining, consultation, oracle, inquiry +shi4(to) bite (into, on), bite down on, bite off, eat, devour, gnaw, chew (on) (s, ed, ing)shi4(a) young (gentle)man, male; bachelorshi4(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, occupiedshi4(to) see, watch, look, observe, regard (ing) "shi4(and) young maleshi4(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 ...shi4(an) experiment, test, trial (s); testing, provingshi4capacity, forte, (special) strength, dispositionshi4embellishment, adornment; pretense; falseshi4(their) domestic affairs, household, home
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