性
xing4Mathews: 2771
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Concordance & Context (1 occurrences)
Tuan Zhuan★
(its) natural disposition, inner spirit, nature
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: 61+5Hapax Legomenon
Homophones (xing)
興xing1exuberance, rising up, encouragement行xing2(to) advance, go (forward, forth), circulate, come and go, develop, go about, journey, keep pace, lead, make progress, march, move (about, on, forward), pass (by), proceed, progress, set (out, forth), step (forward), take steps, travel, wander; act, behave, conduct oneself, do, carry out, enact, function, mobilize, take action, practice, perform, walk, wander; happen, occur, come to pass, develop, further, prevail (s, ed, ing); (to be) acting, active, advanced, done, carried out, functional, gone, mobile, moved (forward), moving, on the move, in motion, in process, passed, practiced, practicing, prevalent; adequate, capable, competent, good enough, makeshift, temporary, viable; (a, the) (this, such) (in) act(ion, ivity), advance, adventure, behavior, capacity, conduct, course, deed, development, endeavor, engagement, function, going, initiative, journey, manner, march, move, (forward) motion, movement, moving, natural power, occurence, passage, passing, practice, procedure, process, progress(ion); course, journey, road, street, path, step, way刑xing2to sanction, discipline, punish, penalize形xing2form, shape, embodiment, manifestation (s)省xing3visit; study, examine, inspect, watch (ed)
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