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zheng1Mathews: 0352GSR: 833o
Dictionary Definition
(to) expedite, aggress, assert, issue, go, go boldly (forth, forward), march (against), campaign (against), impose, levy (taxes), punish, attack, invade, subjugate, discipline; progress, advance (upon, boldly), arrogate, move against, go forth, press, push, (on, forward, this, the issue, matters); force (the) issue, matter; venture, 458 advance (thus); to go on (an, the) (military) expedition (s, ed, ing) (a, the) assertiveness, enterprise, adventure, venture, campaign, initiative, aggression, police action, (punitive) expedition, pressure, (purposeful, autonomous) action; (on) expedition, campaign, initiative; assertively, expeditiously, aggressively, boldly, invasively
Radical: 60+5 | First occurrence: Hexagram 09.6
Concordance & Context (30 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 09.6
6th Line★
expedition, venture, initiative; presses 27.2
既雨既處，尚德載。婦贞厲。月幾望，君子征凶。
It has already rained, it is already settled
Value the merits already conveyed
The woman’s persistence is difficult
as the moon approaches full
The noble young one’s expedition fails
Stats: 60+5→ 11.1
1st Line
to expedite, advance, go boldly (forward)
拔茅茹以其彙，征吉。
Pulling up thatch grass roots
And with this, another cluster
To expedite* is promising
→ 15.6
6th Line
to advance on, upon; discipline, subjugate
鸣谦，利用行師征邑國。
Expressing modesty
Worthwhile and useful to mobilize the reserves
To discipline home town and province
→ 24.6
6th Line
(to, of) campaign, go boldly, advance (ing)*
迷復，凶，有災眚。用行師，終有大敗，以其國君凶，至于十年不克征。
Lost return
Ominous
There will be calamity and grave errors
If trying to advance the military
In the end there will be a major defeat
Reaching one’s domain and its nobility with misfortune
Even after ten years, no ability to campaign*
→ 27.2
2nd Line
pressing; venturing, going boldly (into) 34.1
顪頤，拂經于丘頤，征凶。
Subverted appetites
Dismissing the customary,
Going into the hills hungering
Going boldly into failure
→ 30.6
6th Line
to expedite; advance, go (boldly) forward
王用出征，有嘉。折首，獲匪其醜，無咎。
The sovereign takes advantage of emergencies to expedite
There will be commendations
And severed heads
The captives were never his enemies
Not a mistake
→ 09.6
Xiao Xiang 6
expedition
既雨既處，德積載也。君子征凶，有所疑也。
09.6x (It has) already rained, (it is) already settled
The merits (already) gathered (and) conveyed
* The noble young one’s expedition fails:
There is a place for uncertainty
Xiao Xiang 1
to expedite
拔茅征吉，志在外也。
11.1x Pulling up thatch grass, to expedite (is) promising:
The objective remains elsewhere
Xiao Xiang 5
(to) expedite, assert, go boldly; to discipline
利用侵伐，征不服也。
15.5x Worthwhile (and) useful to occupy (and) subjugate:
To expedite without permission
→ 24.6
Xiao Xiang 6
to discipline
明谦，志未得，可用行師征邑國也。
15.6x Expressive modesty:
The goals (are) not yet achieved
* An appropriate practice to mobilize the reserves
To discipline home town (and) province
Xiao Xiang 2
goes boldly
六二征凶，行失類。
27.2x Six second goes boldly (into) failure:
Behavior (that) strays from its kind
Xiao Xiang 6
to expedite
王用出征，以正邦。
30.6x The sovereign takes advantage of emergencies to expedite:
In order to set right the domain
1st Line
(to) assert, aggress, go (ing) (boldly) 41.2
壮于趾，征凶，有孚。
Powerful in the toes
To go boldly bodes ill for staying confident
→ 09.6
2nd Line
(but) to expedite, assert, go(ing) boldly 47.2
利贞，征凶。弗損，益之。
Worthwhile to be steadfast
To go boldly is ill-omened
Avoiding decrease increases one
→ 09.6
Gua Ci
expedition; to advance, (face), go boldly v
升，元亨。用見大人，勿恤，南征吉。
Most fulfilling
Productive to encounter a mature human being
Do not worry
To go boldly southward* is promising
→ 09.6
Tuan Zhuan
expedition
柔以時升，巽而順，剛中而應，是以大亨。用見大人，勿恤，有慶也。南征吉，志行也。
The flexible uses the time to advance
Adapting and also accepting
The firm (is) central and resonant
This is, accordingly, very fulfilling
Productive to encounter a mature human being,
Do not worry:
Own the rewards
The southern expedition (is) promising:
The intentions (are) carried out
2nd Line
ini tiative; to expedite, assert, go boldly
困于酒食，朱紱方來，利用享祀。征凶，無咎。
Oppressed before wine and food
Scarlet-sashed nobles arrive with direction
Worthwhile and productive to offer up a sacrifice
Initiative seems foreboding
But this avoids mistakes
→ 09.6
6th Line
(and) expedite, press on, go boldly forward
困于葛藟，于臲卼，曰動悔，有悔，征吉。
Oppressed by creepers and vines
Proceeding unsteadily and awkwardly
Uttering “movement is regret”
To own the regrets and go boldly forward is promising
→ 09.6
2nd Line
to expedite, assert, go boldly (forward)
已日乃革之，征吉，無咎。
Complete the day and then change arrives
To expedite is promising
Not a mistake
→ 49.3
3rd Line
(to) expedite, assert, go (ing) boldly 49.6
征凶，贞厲。革言三就，有孚。
To expedite has pitfalls
Commitment is difficult
When talk of change has circled three times
Then be sure
→ 09.6
6th Line
to expedite, assert, go boldly (forward) 51.6
君子豹變，小人革面。征凶，居贞吉。
A noble young one’s leopard transformation
Ordinary people merely change masks
To expedite has pitfalls
To abide in persistence is promising
→ 09.6
6th Line
to expedite, assert, go boldly (forward) 54.0
震索索，視矍矍，征凶。震不于其躬，于其鄰，無咎。婚媾有言。
(Fan Yao* 21.6: wearing the cangue, hiding ears, unfortunate)
The shock startles and confuses
Searching in wild-eyed panic
To go boldly is ominous
The shock is not in one’s being
Merely in one’s neighborhood
Make no mistakes
Even the marital suitor* might have something to say
→ 09.6
to expedite, assert, go boldly (forward) 54.0
震索索，視矍矍，征凶。震不于其躬，于其鄰，無咎。婚媾有言。
(Fan Yao* 21.6: wearing the cangue, hiding ears, unfortunate)
The shock startles and confuses
Searching in wild-eyed panic
To go boldly is ominous
The shock is not in one’s being
Merely in one’s neighborhood
Make no mistakes
Even the marital suitor* might have something to say
3rd Line
on expedition; press, advance (s, ing) boldly
鴻漸于陸，夫征不復，婦孕不育，凶，利禦寇。
The wild goose advances by degrees across the highlands
The husband, on expedition, never returns
The wife conceives but cannot raise her young
Brutal
Worthwhile to guard against predators
→ 09.6
Xiao Xiang 3
presses on
夫征不復，離群醜也。婦孕不育，失其道也。利用禦寇，順相保也。
53.3x The husband presses on instead of returning:
Abandoning flock (and) kindred
* The wife conceives but (can)not raise (her) young:
Losing her own way
Gua Ci
to expedite; press, go boldly (forward) 64.3
歸妹，征凶，無攸利。
To go boldly has pitfalls
Not a direction with merit
→ 09.6
1st Line
to expedite; press, push, go on, forward
歸妹以娣，跛能履，征吉。
Little sister marries as second wife
The lame are still able to take steps
To press on is promising
→ 09.6
Tuan Zhuan
to go boldly
歸妹，天地之大義也。天地不交，而萬物不興，歸妹，人之終始也。説以動，所歸妹也。征凶，位不當也。無攸利，柔乘剛也。
Little sister’s marriage
Heaven (and) earth have their meanings in wholeness
(When) heaven (and) earth do not interact
Then the myriad beings do not come to be
Little sister’s marriage (is) humanity’s end (and) beginning
Satisfaction (as) a way to move
(Is) the reason for little sister’s marriage
To go boldly (is) inauspicious:
The dignity is not appropriate
Not a direction with merit:
The yielding takes advantage of the firm
3rd Line
to expedite, go boldly, assert, aggress 09.6
未濟，征凶。利涉大川。
If not yet across, to go boldly has pitfalls
It is worthwhile to cross the great stream
→ 09.6
Xiao Xiang 3
to go boldly
未濟征凶，位不當也。
64.3x (If) not yet across, to go boldly has pitfalls:
The position is not appropriate
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