雲
yun2Mathews: 7750GSR: 460b
Dictionary Definition
(a, the) cloud(s), fog, mist, crowds; (to be) cloudy, numerous
Radical: 173+4 | First occurrence: Hexagram 09.0
Concordance & Context (7 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 09.0
Gua Ci★
clouds "
小畜：亨。密雲不雨，自我西郊。
Fulfillment
Thick clouds but no rain
From our western horizon
Stats: 173+4→ 62.5
5th Line
clouds "
密雲不雨，自我西郊。公弋取彼在穴。
Thick clouds but no rain
From our western horizon
Even the prince hunts with tethered arrows
Preferring that quarry inside the cave
→ 01.T
Tuan Zhuan
(as) (the) clouds
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
→ 03.X
Xiang Zhuan
(the) clouds
雲雷屯，君子以經綸。
Clouds and thunder
Rallying
The noble young one, accordingly, sorts warp from weft
→ 05.X
Xiang Zhuan
(the) clouds
雲上於天，需。君子以飲食宴樂。
The clouds rise into the sky
Anticipation
The noble young one, accordingly,
Takes refreshment and sustenance
With peace of mind and cheer
→ 09.0
Tuan Zhuan
clouds
小畜，柔得位而上下應之，曰小畜。健而巽，剛中而志行，乃亨。密雲不雨，尚往也。自我西郊，施未行也。
Raising small beasts
The flexible finds a place and high (and) low respond to this
So this is called minor concerns
Dynamic and yet adaptive
The firm (is) central and so the intentions (are) carried out
After this, fulfillment
Thick clouds (but) no rain:
Value (any) forward progress
From our western horizon:
The influence is not yet in motion
Xiao Xiang 5
clouds
密雲不雨，已上也。
62.5x Thick clouds instead of rain:
(It is) finished up above
Homophones (yun)
Previous刖 yue4
Nextyun3 隕
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