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tong1Mathews: 6638GSR: 1185r
Dictionary Definition
(to) comprehend, apprehend, circulate, communicate (with), extend, interconnect, intermingle, interact, succeed, complete, fulfill, open (up), clear (out), follow/go/pass through, reach everywhere, have relations with, understand, go through, replenish, saturate, (inter)penetrate, permeate, touch, contact (s, ed, ing); (to be) general, universal, comprehensive, thorough, extensive, pervading, pervasive, penetrating, universal, open, free, unblocked, complementary; in communication; (a, the) whole, all, comprehension, communication, circulation, extension, interaction, follow through, thoroughness, success; fully, throughout, thoroughly
Radical: 162+7 | First occurrence: Hexagram 11.T
Concordance & Context (7 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 11.T
Tuan Zhuan★
communicate, circulate, interconnect (s)
泰，小往大來，吉，亨。則是天地交而萬物通也，上下交而其志同也。內陽而外陰，內健而外順，內君子而外小人，君子道長，小人道消也。
Interplay
Smallness departs, greatness arrives,
(With) promise (and) fulfillment:
When this occurs heaven (and) earth interact
And so the myriad beings communicate
High (and) low interact and their purposes converge
Within (is) light and without (is) shadow
Within (is) strength and without (is) acceptance
Within (is) the noble young one and without (are) the common ones
The noble young one’s principles prevail
The common one’s principles fade
Stats: 162+7→ 12.T
Tuan Zhuan
communicate, circulate, interconnect
否之匪人，不利君子贞，大往小來，則是天地不交而萬物不通也，上下不交而天下無邦也。內陰而外陽，內柔而外剛，內小人而外君子，小人道長，君子道消也。
Separating oneself from inferior people
(Who) are not worth a noble young one’s loyalty
Greatness departs, smallness arrives:
When this occurs heaven (and) earth do not interact
And so the myriad beings do not communicate
High (and) low do not interact
And so all under heaven lack government
Within (is) darkness and without (is) light
Within (is) weakness and without (is) strength
Within (are) the common people and without (is) the noble young one
The common people’s principles prevail
The noble young one’s principles fade
→ 13.T
Tuan Zhuan
to comprehend, interconnect, penetrate
同人，柔得位得中而應乎乾，曰同人。同人曰，同人于野，亨。利涉大川，乾行也。文明以健，中正而應，君子正也。唯君子為能通天下之志。
Fellowship with others
The flexible finds a position, gains the center
and resonates with the creative
So this is called fellowship with others
Fellowship with others says that
Fellowship with others on the frontier (is) fulfillment
Worthwhile to cross the great stream
(Meaning) higher order endeavor
Refinement (and) clarity make use of strength
The central (lines) (are) correct (and) correspond
The noble young one (is) principled
Only the noble young one develops the capacity
To comprehend the direction of all under heaven
→ 38.T
Tuan Zhuan
interconnect, interact, communicate
睽，火動而上，澤動而下。二女同居，其志不同行。説而麗乎明，柔進而上行，得中而應乎剛。是以小事吉。天地睽而其事同，男女睽而其志通，萬物睽而其事類。睽之時用大矣哉！
Estrangement
The fire moves, but (only) upwards
The lake moves, but (only) downwards
Two women dwell together
(But) their intentions do not function as one
Enjoyment, along with dependence on clarity
The flexible advances, and so improves (its) conduct
Gaining the center and resonating with the firm
And so it is that ordinary matters (are) promising
Heaven (and) earth diverge, but still their endeavors converge
Masculine (and) feminine diverge, but their objectives interact
The myriad beings diverge, but their affairs (are) interrelated
Estrangement’s timely application (is) very important here!
→ 60.T
Tuan Zhuan
to follow, pass through; interact, penetrate
節亨，剛柔分，而剛得中。苦節不可贞，其道窮也。説以行險，當位以節，中正以通。天地節，而四時成。節以制度，不傷財，不害民。
Boundaries (mean) fulfillment
The firm (and) the flexible (are) evenly apportioned
While firmness secures the center
Bitter limitations do not invite commitment:
This path dead ends
Satisfaction behind movement at risk
An appropriate place to use boundaries
Balanced (and) principled in order to follow through
Heaven (and) earth (are) constrained
And so the four seasons are completed
Boundaries serve to define the measures
(But) without encroachment on property
(And) without harm to the people
→ 60.1x
Xiao Xiang 1
follow through, free course, interaction
不出戶庭，知通塞也。
60.1x Not going past the door (to) the courtyard:
Knowing free course (to be) hindered
→ 11.T
Za Gua
ci rculation, comprehension, communication
Stats: 11.T
Homophones (tong)
同tong2(to) agree, assemble, assimilate, affiliate, associate, belong, come together, commune, partake in, conform to, congregate, converge, concur, gather, harmonize, identify, join, make uniform, share, unite (s, ed, ing) (in, with, to); (to be) alike, all, as one, colloquial, concordant, conforming, consensual, equal, identical, identified, in the company of, like minded, one, one with, similar, the same, together with, unanimous, united; (a, the) community, assembly (ies), associates, association, colleagues, (of), agreement, convergence, fellowship (with), meeting, joining, gathering, harmony, identity, oneness, partners, sameness, unity, union; of the same ...; fellow...; simultaneously, concurrently; and, with, as well as童tong2(to be) young, youthful, childlike, childish, premature, immature, juvenile, naive, young and unmarried, under 15; bare, bald, without vegetation, beardless; (a, the) youth, young person, child, fellow, lad, boy, young man, girl, virgin, bachelor, servant, page, young animal統tong3the whole of, all of
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