始
shi3Mathews: 5772GSR: 976e'
Dictionary Definition
(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
Radical: 38+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★
beginnings, birth; (the) origin, source, start
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: 38+5→ 01.T
(then) begins, renews; (and yet) new, fresh
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
Xiao Xiang 1
begins, starts (to)
履霜堅冰，陰始凝也。馴致其道，至堅冰也。
02.1x Walking on frost, hardening to ice:
The shadow begins to manifest
* Gradually fulfilling its nature
To realize solid ice
→ 03.T
Tuan Zhuan
begin, start; first
屯，剛柔始交而難生。動乎險中，大亨贞。雷雨之動滿盈，天造草昧，宜建侯而不寧。
Rallying
The firm (and) the flexible begin to interact and so (come) the trials of new life
Moving through the heart of risk
Much fulfillment (means) persistence
Thunder (and) rain’s activity abounds to excess
The sky creates in haste (and) obscurity
(It is) necessary to enlist delegates, but not (in order) to relax
→ 06.X
Xiang Zhuan
(the) beginning, source, origin (s)
天與水違行，訟。君子以作事謀始。
The sky together with water is contradiction in movement*
Contention
The noble young one, accordingly,
In undertaking the work, appraises beginnings
→ 18.T
Tuan Zhuan
(a) beginning, (fresh) start, (re)birth "
蠱，剛上而柔下，巽而止，蠱。蠱元亨，而天下治也。利涉大川，往有事也。先甲三日，後甲三日，終則有始，天行也。
Detoxifying
The firm (is) above while the flexible (is) below
Adaptive and yet motionless
Fixations
Detoxifying (is) most fulfilling:
As all under heaven (is) healed
Worthwhile to cross the great stream:
(In) moving on there is work to do
Before the beginning, three days,
After the beginning, three days:
In the end, in due order, there will be a beginning
As heaven behaves
→ 32.T
Xiao Xiang 1
(at, from, in) (the) start, beginning, first (and)
濬恆之凶，始求深。
32.1x Digging in for continuity has pitfalls:
At the beginning (and) searching for depth
→ 54.T
Tuan Zhuan
(a) (new, fresh) beginning, start "
恆，久。剛上而柔下，雷風相與，巽而動，剛柔皆應。恆。恆亨無咎利贞，久於其道。天地之道恆久而不已。利有攸往，終則有始。日月得天而能久照，四時變化而能久成。聖人久於其道而天下化成。觀其所恆而天地萬物之晴可見矣。
Continuity
(Means) to endure
The firm (is) above and the flexible (is) below
Thunder (and) wind support each other
Versatile and energetic
The firm (and) the flexible fully correspond
Continuity
Continuity fulfills (and) nothing (is) wrong,
Worthwhile to be persistent:
Enduring (is) upon one’s own path
Heaven’s (and) earth’s courses
Continue, going on and (on) without end
Worthwhile to have somewhere to go:
At the end, in due order, there will be a beginning
Sun and moon take the sky
and so (are) able to continue in brilliance
The four seasons evolve (and) turn
And so are able to continue accomplishing
The wise ones endure upon their paths
And all under heaven (is) transformed (and) completed
Comprehend what is meant to be continued
Then heaven (and) earth (and) the myriad beings
Will now have natures (which) may be seen plainly
→ 32.1x
Tuan Zhuan
(and) beginning, initiation, origin, renewal
歸妹，天地之大義也。天地不交，而萬物不興，歸妹，人之終始也。説以動，所歸妹也。征凶，位不當也。無攸利，柔乘剛也。
Little sister’s marriage
Heaven (and) earth have their meanings in wholeness
(When) heaven (and) earth do not interact
Then the myriad beings do not come to be
Little sister’s marriage (is) humanity’s end (and) beginning
Satisfaction (as) a way to move
(Is) the reason for little sister’s marriage
To go boldly (is) inauspicious:
The dignity is not appropriate
Not a direction with merit:
The yielding takes advantage of the firm
→ 01.T
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extensively, generously失shi1(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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