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tai4Mathews: 6020GSR: 317d
Dictionary Definition
very, much, great, greatest, best, big, enormous, most, ultimate, large, old, too, excessive, too much; (a, the) greatness; (to) expand, reach everywhere, spread out; (to be) excessive; excessively, extremely, greatly, quite, altogether
Radical: 37+1 | First occurrence: Hexagram 01.T
Concordance & Context (4 occurrences)
Tuan Zhuan★
(the) highest, overall, ultimate, greatest
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: 37+1Hapax Legomenon
Shi Ci
^ great ^; large, big, major, extensive
太。
Stats: 11.0
Shi Ci
great, large, big, extensive
太。
Stats: 11.0
Shi Ci
great, large, big, extensive
太
Stats: 11.0
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