昃
ze4Mathews: 6755
Dictionary Definition
No detailed glossary definition available for this character.
Concordance & Context (3 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 30.3
3rd Line★
declines, goes down; after noon, in decline
日昃之離，不鼔缻而謌，則大耋之嗟，凶。
The sun declines with its radiance
Not drumming on clay pots and singing
Leads to much of old age’s lament
Unfortunate
Stats: 72+4→ 55.T
Tuan Zhuan
declines, goes down, sets
豐，大也。明以動，故豐。王假之，尚大也。勿憂宜日中，宜照天下也。日中則昃，月盈則食，天地盈虛，與時消息，而況於人乎，況於鬼神乎。
Abundance
(Means) greatness
Intelligence (is) behind movement
Given this, abundance
The sovereign approaches this:
Appreciate the greatness
Do not be anxious, (it) suits the sun (to be at) midday:
Appropriate for illuminating all under heaven
The sun (at) midday, in due order, goes down
The moon (at) full, in due order, (is) consumed
(If) heaven (and) earth fill up (and) empty out
In accord with the time (in both) waning (and) waxing
Then how much more true for humanity!
(And) how much more true for the ghosts and the spirits!
→ 30.3
Xiao Xiang 3
declines
日昃之離，何可久？
30.3x The sun declines with its radiance:
Why should this be prolonged?
Homophones (ze)
澤ze2(a, the) lake, pool, pond, body of water, wetland, swamp, marsh, moisture; open surface, wetness, dampness, saturation; benefit, favor, kindness; (to) fertilize, annoint, benefit, favor, enrich (s, ed, ing); (to be) moist, glossy, polished則ze2(to be) accorded, as a result/rule, deserved, due (to), justified, principled, resulting from, warranted; (a, the) criterion, example, consequence, given(s), guideline, law, measure, model, norm, (due) order, pattern, precedent, principle, reason, regulation, rule, standard, system (s); consequence result (of), order of things; (to) become, come to be, deserve, entail, give rise to, imply, lead to, mean, imitate, 457 merit, precede, result in, warrant, (s, ed, ing); from having, since, but otherwise/beyond this; is then; (and, so) (will) accordingly, after that, consequently, immediately, necessarily, normally, since, so, subsequently, then, thereby, therefore, thereupon, thus, usually; will (then) be(come); and consequent ... ; in accord(ance) with this; in that case/event, in due course/order; it follows that; as, when ... happens/occurs; if...then; given (that)/when/with ... then; but if, otherwise
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