首
shou3Mathews: 5839GSR: 1102a
Dictionary Definition
(a, the) head, leader, chief, superior, first, first principle, face, lead, foremost, model, priority, leadership (s); (to be) face, lead, foremost, head, chief, prior, beginning; (to) come forward, (take the) lead, take responsibility (s ed, ing)
Radical: 185+0 | First occurrence: Hexagram 01.7
Concordance & Context (11 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 01.7
Using Nines/Sixes★
(a) leader, head, chief, foremost, one superior
見群龍無首，吉。
Observe a group of dragons - without a leader
Promising
Stats: 185+0→ 08.6
6th Line
priorities, leadership, (first) principles, head
比之無首，凶。
Joining with them without leadership
Unfortunate
→ 30.6
6th Line
heads ; leaders
王用出征，有嘉。折首，獲匪其醜，無咎。
The sovereign takes advantage of emergencies to expedite
There will be commendations
And severed heads
The captives were never his enemies
Not a mistake
→ 36.3
3rd Line
head, chief, leader
明夷于南狩，得其大首。不可疾贞。
Brightness obscured on the southern winter hunt
Capturing the others’ great leader
This is not a call for a hasty resolution
→ 63.6
6th Line
head
濡其首，厲。
Soaking one’s head
Serious
→ 64.6
6th Line
head
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
→ 01.T
Tuan Zhuan
(as, when) leaders(hip), chiefs, priorities
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
→ 01.7
Xiao Xiang 7
(the) leader
用九，天德不可為首也。
01.7x Using Nines:
Heaven’s nature is not about playing the leader
Xiao Xiang 6
priorities
比之無首，無所終也。
08.6x Joining with them with no priorities:
Without a purpose (or) outcome
Xiao Xiang 6
head
濡其首厲，何可久也。
63.6x Soaking one’s head (is) serious:
(But) how could this continue?
Xiao Xiang 6
(the) head
飲酒濡首，亦不知節也。
64.6x Drinking wine (and) soaking the head:
Truly without comprehending the limits
Homophones (shou)
收shou1co mes in, fills up; (is) received in full守shou3to guard, protect, defend, maintain, keep受shou4(to) accept, receive, inherit, succeed, enjoy; be given, have been given, have received, welcome, invite, bear, suffer, undergo, undertake, take (on), endure, agree to, make peace with, be subjected to (s, ed, ing); (a, the) recipient; passively; is/to be ...; (to be) compliant, tranquil狩shou4(winter) hunt, inspection tour; hunting
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