妄
wang4Mathews: 7035GSR: 742g
Dictionary Definition
(a, the) presumption, pretense, expectation, falseness, duplicity, pretext, guile, deceit, folly, error, disorder, disarray, distraction, extravagance, distortion; (to be) irregular, incoherent, presumptuous, pretentious, full of oneself, false, erroneous, vain, futile, ignorant, fanciful, duplicitous, wild, empty, void, reckless, entangled, idle, incorrigible, absurd, stupid, wanton, foolish, disorderly, untrue, embroiled, entangled; falsely, wrongly, foolishly, wantonly; (to) look toward, expect, hope; assume, presume, pretend (s, ed, ing)
Radical: 38+3 | First occurrence: Hexagram 25.0
Concordance & Context (11 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 25.0
Gua Ci★
pretense, presumption; falseness, guile
無妄，元亨，利贞。其匪正有眚，不利有攸往。
Most fulfilling
Worthwhile to persist
For one without integrity there will be suffering*
And not much reward in having somewhere to go
Stats: 38+3→ 25.1
1st Line
pretense, presumption; falseness, guile
無妄往吉。
With no pretense, to go forward is promising
→ 25.3
3rd Line
pretense, presumption; falseness, guile
無妄之災，或繫之牛，行人之得，邑人之災。
One without pretense still has misfortunes
Sometimes tying one’s ox
Means the drifter’s gain
And the townsfolk’s disaster
→ 25.5
5th Line
pretense, presumption; falseness, guile
無妄之疾，勿藥，有喜。
One without pretense still has afflictions
Do not medicate to bring about well-being
→ 25.6
6th Line
pretense(tions), presumption; falseness, guile
無妄行有眚，無攸利。
Without pretensions, yet advance brings suffering
This is not a direction with merit
→ 25.0
Xiao Xiang 1
pretense
無妄之往，得志。
25.1x Without pretense comes to advance:
Attaining the purpose
Xiao Xiang 5
pretense
無妄之藥，不可試。
25.5x Lack of pretense itself (is) medicine
(This) does not call for experiments
Xiao Xiang 6
pretense
無妄之行，窮之災。
25.6x Without pretense’s behavior:
Going too far leads to crisis
Tuan Zhuan
pretense
無妄，剛自外來而為主於內，動而健，剛中而應，大亨以正，天之命。其匪正有眚，不利有攸往。無妄之往，何之矣？天命不祐，行矣哉！
Without pretense
Firmness comes from without and becomes master on the inside
Movement with lasting vigor
The firm (is) central and resonant
Great fulfillment (is) according to integrity
Heaven’s higher law
For one without integrity there will be suffering
(And) not (much) reward in having somewhere to go
(While) without pretense there is forward progress
How is this so?
Heaven’s higher law is not protection:
(It is) movement itself!
pretense
無妄，剛自外來而為主於內，動而健，剛中而應，大亨以正，天之命。其匪正有眚，不利有攸往。無妄之往，何之矣？天命不祐，行矣哉！
Without pretense
Firmness comes from without and becomes master on the inside
Movement with lasting vigor
The firm (is) central and resonant
Great fulfillment (is) according to integrity
Heaven’s higher law
For one without integrity there will be suffering
(And) not (much) reward in having somewhere to go
(While) without pretense there is forward progress
How is this so?
Heaven’s higher law is not protection:
(It is) movement itself!
Xiang Zhuan
pretense
天下雷行，物與無妄。先王以茂對時育萬物。
Beneath the sky moves thunder
The creatures interact without pretensions
The early sovereigns, accordingly, flourished according to season
And nurtured the myriad beings
→ 25.0
Homophones (wang)
亡wang2(to) pass (on, away), go away, run away, disappear, vanish, move on, escape, flee, perish, die, cease, stop, dissolve, decay, have no, evaporate, quit, lose, lose interest, forget, be destroyed (s, ed, ing); (to be) no more, fleeting, fugitive, passing, impermanent, spent, lost, forgotten, absent, gone, vanished, extinct, dead, extinguished, conquered, subjugated, destroyed; (a, the) loss, deprivation, forfeiture, exile忘wang2forget, ignore (s); (is, are) not, un- mindful of王wang2(a, the) king, lord, leader, prince, sovereign, ruler; founder, authority (s); rule(ership), royalty, sovereignty; epitome; command, dominion; (to) be king over, govern, rule (s, ed, ing); (to be) grand, great, kingly, princely, regal, royal, sovereign,; (the) sovereign’s, king’s, ruler’s罔wang3nets, webs, snares, traps; (his) wits, subtlety往wang3(to go) forward, on, to, towards, onwards, ahead, that way, forth; (to) proceed, advance, progress, travel, pass, make progress, continue (on, thus, this), move (on, towards), start, depart, leave (s, ed, ing); (to be) former, bygone, past, previous, prior; done with, forgotten, left behind, beyond; (a, the) past; departure, (forward) progress, adventure, goings; movement toward a goal; forward, onward, ahead, top, towards; henceforth; in going, in passing, en route; formerly, before朢wang4full; fullness "
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