衆
zhong4Mathews: 1517GSR: 1010a
Dictionary Definition
(a, the) crowd, group, multitude, mass(es), throng, large group/number (s); abundance; bulk, majority, rest, whole (of); (to be) abundant, common, manifold, many, much, myriad, numerous; popular, public; all, all of, every, everything, everywhere; every- (else) 460
Radical: 109+6 | First occurrence: Hexagram 35.3
Concordance & Context (9 occurrences)
Tuan Zhuan
(is, means) (a, the) multitude, masses, many
師，衆也。贞，正也。能以眾正，可以王矣。剛中而應，行險而順，以此毒天下，而民從之，吉又何咎矣。
The militia
(Means) the multitude
Persistence
(Means) uprightness
The skill to employ the multitude (with) uprightness
(Is) especially suited to use by the sovereign
The firm (is) central and resonant
The practice (is) hazardous, yet responsive
To apply this is toxic to all under heaven and yet the people endure behind it
(For their) welfare:
Given this, where is the error here?
(the) multitude, masses, many
師，衆也。贞，正也。能以眾正，可以王矣。剛中而應，行險而順，以此毒天下，而民從之，吉又何咎矣。
The militia
(Means) the multitude
Persistence
(Means) uprightness
The skill to employ the multitude (with) uprightness
(Is) especially suited to use by the sovereign
The firm (is) central and resonant
The practice (is) hazardous, yet responsive
To apply this is toxic to all under heaven and yet the people endure behind it
(For their) welfare:
Given this, where is the error here?
Xiang Zhuan
(the) multitude, masses, many
地中有水，師。君子以容民畜衆。
Within the earth there is water
The militia
The noble young one, accordingly,
Is tolerant towards the people
And cares for the multitude
Xiao Gua★
the multitude, masses, many
Stats: 35.3
Za Gua
abundance, a multitude; (is) everywhere
Stats: 35.3
3rd Line
many, numerous; much; a multitude of
衆允，悔亡。
Many liberties
Regrets pass
Stats: 143+6
Xiao Xiang 3
many
衆允之志，上行。
35.3x Many liberties extended:
(With) hope for superior conduct
Xiang Zhuan
(a, the) multitude, masses, many, crowd
明入地中，明夷。君子以蒞衆，用晦而明。
The light goes within to the heart of the earth
Brightness Obscured
The noble young one, accordingly, manages the multitude
using darkness, but with intelligence
Tuan Zhuan
(a, the) multitude, masses; abundance, much
觧，險以動，動而免乎險，觧。觧利西南，往得衆也。其來復吉，乃得中也。有攸往，夙吉，往有功也。天地觧而雷雨作，雷雨作而百果草木皆甲坼。觧之時大矣哉！
Release
Crisis leads to movement
Movement then gets free of crisis
Released
Release favors the west to the south:
To go (is) to gain the multitude
One’s coming return (is) promising:
Here to find the center
(In) having somewhere to go, to be prompt (is) promising:
(In) making progress there will be achievement
Heaven (and) earth let loose as thunder (and) rain get to work
Thunder (and) rain go to work, and hundreds of seed pods
Of plants (and) trees, as one, begin to burst
Release’s opportune timing (is) very important now!
Homophones (zhong)
終zhong1(to be) carried to conclusion, everlasting, complete, done, entire, eventual, final, finished, last, whole, utmost; all of, the whole of (it, this); (a, the) closure, conclusion, consummation, death, end, ending, finality, finish, finale, goal, last, limit, outcome, results, termination, terminus, whole of (s); (to) complete, (bring to an/the) end, (will) end (in, with), conclude (with), finish, last (all, a whole, an entire, to the end), lead to, outlast, persist, result in, end up, carry through, wrap up (s, ed, ing) (it, this); is finally, is at last, is all of; (at, by, in, of, to, until) (an, the) end (of, to); all, all ... long, after all, at last, to the last, to the end, eventually, ever, finally, throughout; completely, ultimately, definitely, indeed中zhong1(a, the) balance, center, concentration, core, focus, heart, inside, interior, mean, median, medium, middle, midpoint, midst (of); midday, noon; (the) balance point, stable point, point closest to all options; bullseye; (to be) accurate, balanced, central, concentric, concentrated, correct, in balance, inner, mediated, neutral, on target, right, tempered, true (to); average, mediocre, middling; amidst, among, between, in, inside, intermediate, into, in progress; centered in at the core/heart of; halfway between, midway, in the middle (of); (in, at) the center/midst of; within; proper, equilibrated, to the point; at mid-; (to) balance, center, concentrate, focus, mediate, temper, true, hit the center, attain, accomplish (s, ed, ing)
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