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si4Mathews: 5592

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Concordance & Context (3 occurrences)

Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 47.2
2nd Line
(a, the) sacrifice + [to give up this "spirit" ]
困于酒食,朱紱方來,利用享。征凶,無咎。
Oppressed before wine and food Scarlet-sashed nobles arrive with direction Worthwhile and productive to offer up a sacrifice Initiative seems foreboding But this avoids mistakes
Stats: 113+347.5
5th Line
(and) (a, the, this) [big, generous] sacrifice
劓刖,困于赤紱,乃徐有説,利用祭
Nose cut off, feet cut off Oppressed by rouge-sashed ministers And then gradually finding relief Worthwhile and productive to sacrifice this sacrifice
47.2
Xiao Xiang 5
(this) sacrifice
劓刖,志未得也。乃徐有説,以中直也。利用祭,受福也。
47.5x Nose cut off, feet cut off: The purpose is still not gained * And then gradually finding relief: Due to the center’s (being) straightforward

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