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yuan3Mathews: 7734GSR: 256f
Dictionary Definition
(to be) distant, remote, alien, afar, long, beyond, removed, (so) far (away, reaching, removed) (from); (to) depart, leave, go away, keep away, keep at a distance, keep far from, send away, extend, distance (oneself), remove, deviate far (s, ed, ing); (a, the) distant, far (away), remote; reach, extent, remoteness, distance, detachment; (long in space or time)
Radical: 162+10 | First occurrence: Hexagram 24.1
Concordance & Context (8 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 24.1
1st Line★
far; (a) distant; far (away, removed) from
不遠復，無祗悔，元吉。
Not far to return
Nothing worthy of regret
Most promising
Stats: 162+10→ 04.4x
Xiao Xiang 4
(and) far, remote, distant from; alien to
困蒙之吝，獨遠實也。
04.4x The affliction (of) ignorance leads to shame:
Abandoned (and) far from reality
→ 33.X
Xiang Zhuan
(is) distant, far, remote, removed from
天下有山，遁。君子以遠小人，不惡而嚴。
Beneath the sky is a mountain
Distancing
The noble young one, accordingly,
is distant from the common people
Not with ill will, but with reserve
→ 44.4x
Xiao Xiang 4
(so) distant, far (removed), remote from
無魚之凶，遠民也。
44.4x Wanting the fish in one’s disappointment:
(So) far from the others
→ 51.T
Tuan Zhuan
(the) distant, far (away), remote
震，亨。震來虩虩，恐致福也。笑言啞啞，後有則也。震驚百里，驚遠而懼邇也。出可以守宗廟社稷，以為祭主也。
Arousal (means) fulfillment
Shock brings fear (and) alarm:
The fear leads to well-being
Mirthful words (and) echoing laughter:
After there is a precedent
The thunder startles (for) a hundred li (around):
Disturbing the distant and frightening the near
Do not let drop the ladle of sacred wine:
Emerge fit to guard the ancestral shrine,
the altars to place (and) to grain
(And) thereby perform the offerings (with) mastery
→ 59.6x
(the) distant, far (away), remote
震，亨。震來虩虩，恐致福也。笑言啞啞，後有則也。震驚百里，驚遠而懼邇也。出可以守宗廟社稷，以為祭主也。
Arousal (means) fulfillment
Shock brings fear (and) alarm:
The fear leads to well-being
Mirthful words (and) echoing laughter:
After there is a precedent
The thunder startles (for) a hundred li (around):
Disturbing the distant and frightening the near
Do not let drop the ladle of sacred wine:
Emerge fit to guard the ancestral shrine,
the altars to place (and) to grain
(And) thereby perform the offerings (with) mastery
Xiao Xiang 6
distant, remote, removed, far from
渙其血，遠害也。
59.6x Dispersing one’s (hot-)blood(edness):
Removed from suffering
→ 24.1
Xiao Xiang 1
distant
不遠之復，以脩身也。
24.1x Nothing distant in this return:
The way to refine (a) life
Homophones (yuan)
淵yuan1(the, this) deep, depth, abyss, chasm元yuan2(to be) (the) (most) supreme, sublime, first, first-rate, first class, preeminent, superlative, excellent, outstanding, ultimate, superior, unique, leading, finest, best, greatest, prime, primary, priority, principle; principal, chief, top, head, leader, lead, eldest, basic, fundamental, original, essential; (a, the) beginning, source, cause, basis, commencement, origin; most, supremely, extremely; -est; (the meaning was later watered down, and so this is incorrectly glossed in the Wings and elsewhere as Da4, 5943, great, grand, big, etc. Yuan in the Zhouyi is a superlative, not a superior comparative: most instead of more; best instead of better)原yuan2(if, for) (a, an, the) early, first, original, natural園yuan2(and) (in) gardens, parks, orchards願yuan4(a, the) hope, aspiration, wish, desire, longing, vow, pledge, promise, dream; (to) long (for), think (of, about), be willing, hope, expect, aspire, wish, desire (s, ed, ing) (for, to); (to be) ready, willing, hopeful, desirous, aspiring掾yuan4an officer, a substitute; to wield. Perhaps u.f. yuan
Previous園 yuan2
Nextyuan4 願
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