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zai4Mathews: 6658
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Concordance & Context (2 occurrences)
Gua Ci★
(to ask) two, twice; again; (the) second
蒙：亨。匪我求童蒙，童蒙求我。初筮告，再三瀆，瀆則不告。利贞。
Fulfillment
It is not I who seeks the young and inexperienced
The young and inexperienced seek me
The first consultation informs
The second and third show disrespect
Disrespect deserves no information
It is worthwhile to be dedicated
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Tuan Zhuan
(the) second
蒙，山下有險，險而止，蒙。蒙亨，以亨行時中也。匪我求童蒙，童蒙求我，志應也。初筮告，以剛中也。再三瀆，瀆則不告，瀆蒙也。蒙以養正，聖功也。
Inexperience
At the foot of the mountain are hazards
(To be) at risk and yet remain still
(Shows) inexperience
Inexperience (is) fulfilled:
According to fulfillment’s conduct at the heart of the time
It is not I (who) seeks the young (and) inexperienced,
The young (and) inexperienced seek me:
The objectives (are) complementary
The first consultation informs:
According to the firmness within
The second (and) third (show) disrespect
Disrespect deserves no information:
Disrespect (shows) immaturity
Inexperience (is) the way to cultivate uprightness
(This is) a sacred task
Homophones (zai)
哉zai1here, indeed, in fact; now, currently, this day; (a, the) admiration, surprise, wonder; (to) begin; (most) certainly, emphatically; indeed, really, surely, truly; will ... ?; at all !; (how/so (very) / such / what) ... !; exclamatory particle災zai162.6 adversity, disaster, suffering, calamity災zai1(a, the) disaster, calamity, adversity, hurt, misfortune, crisis, accident, injury, harm, misery, distress, affliction, suffering, disease, misfortune; divine judgment, chastisement, scourge; (to be) adverse, harmful, injurious, unfortunate, ill-omened, ill-timed; (to) suffer (s, ed, ing)載zai4(to) carry (on), hold up, uphold, sustain, bear, keep, transport, haul, convey, load, contain, deliver, supply, honor, obey, support, enjoy, receive, undertake, pick up, start work, initiate, achieve, fill, fill in; publish, record (s, ed, ing); (a, the) load, undertaking, achievement; cargo, freight, transport(ation), conveyance; at first; (to be) coveyed在zai4(to be) (still) in, within, inside, amidst; at, here; present, current, placed, positioned, situated, stationed, located (in), by, to, on, upon, over, across, above; therein, herein; in this, involved with; (to) exist, consist, lie (in, within), live, dwell, reside, abide in/on/upon, remain, await, belong (to), rest with, depend (on, upon), sit, stay; happen, occur (s, ed, ing) (in); (a, the) presence, existence, place, locus; here is; is that of, are those of; is from; when, now, then
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