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zhu3Mathews: 1336GSR: 129a
Dictionary Definition
(a, the) authority, command, control, government, leadership, mastery; authority, better, chief, commander, head, host, leader, lord, master, prince, princess, owner, ruler, superior, (one/person) in charge/power; (to) act as lord, govern, lead, manage, officiate, preside (over), rule, take charge/control (of) (s, ed, ing); (to be) authoritative, confident, free of doubt, masterful, principle
Radical: 3+4 | First occurrence: Hexagram 02.0
Concordance & Context (10 occurrences)
Tuan Zhuan
mastery, command, authority; master, leader
無妄，剛自外來而為主於內，動而健，剛中而應，大亨以正，天之命。其匪正有眚，不利有攸往。無妄之往，何之矣？天命不祐，行矣哉！
Without pretense
Firmness comes from without and becomes master on the inside
Movement with lasting vigor
The firm (is) central and resonant
Great fulfillment (is) according to integrity
Heaven’s higher law
For one without integrity there will be suffering
(And) not (much) reward in having somewhere to go
(While) without pretense there is forward progress
How is this so?
Heaven’s higher law is not protection:
(It is) movement itself!
1st Line
^(in) authority, charge, power; ^(the)
明夷于飛，垂其翼。君子于行，三日不食。有攸往，主人有言。
Brightness obscured during flight*
Dragging one’s wing
The noble young one in traveling
Goes three days without a meal
When there is somewhere to go
Those in power would gossip
2nd Line
(a, the) master, leader, superior; [main man]
遇主于巷，無咎。
Meeting with the leader in the alley
Not wrong
Xiao Xiang 2
(the) leader
遇主于巷，未失道。
38.2x Meeting with the leader in the alley:
Still not off the path
Xiao Gua★
to master, command; take charge, control of
Stats: 02.0
Tuan Zhuan
(with) authority, command, mastery
震，亨。震來虩虩，恐致福也。笑言啞啞，後有則也。震驚百里，驚遠而懼邇也。出可以守宗廟社稷，以為祭主也。
Arousal (means) fulfillment
Shock brings fear (and) alarm:
The fear leads to well-being
Mirthful words (and) echoing laughter:
After there is a precedent
The thunder startles (for) a hundred li (around):
Disturbing the distant and frightening the near
Do not let drop the ladle of sacred wine:
Emerge fit to guard the ancestral shrine,
the altars to place (and) to grain
(And) thereby perform the offerings (with) mastery
(with) authority, command, mastery
震，亨。震來虩虩，恐致福也。笑言啞啞，後有則也。震驚百里，驚遠而懼邇也。出可以守宗廟社稷，以為祭主也。
Arousal (means) fulfillment
Shock brings fear (and) alarm:
The fear leads to well-being
Mirthful words (and) echoing laughter:
After there is a precedent
The thunder startles (for) a hundred li (around):
Disturbing the distant and frightening the near
Do not let drop the ladle of sacred wine:
Emerge fit to guard the ancestral shrine,
the altars to place (and) to grain
(And) thereby perform the offerings (with) mastery
1st Line
(and, or) better, superior, master, leader
遇其配主，雖旬無咎，往有尚。
Meeting one’s match or superior
Even for a long week,* no harm is done
To continue has merit
4th Line
master, leader, superior, ruler*
豐其蔀，日中見斗，遇其夷主，吉。
(Fan Yao* 36.4: enter left side, steal dark heart’s intentions)
So abundant are their screens
At midday one may see the bushel constellation
Or find their hidden leader*
Opportune
Xiao Xiang 4
leader
豐其蔀，位不當也。日中見斗，幽不明也。遇其夷主，吉行也。
55.4x (So) abundant (are) their screens:
The position is not appropriate
* (At) midday (one may) see the bushel constellation:
The gloom has no vision
* Finding their hidden leader:
(An) opportunity (for) action
Homophones (zhu)
朱zhu1(the) scarlet, red, vermillion ^(the)株zhu1(a) (^) cane, stick, rod, staff, branch, stem誅zhu1censorship, proscription, denial, reproof諸zhu1every; all of the; the many, numerous逐zhu2(to) follow (a lead), pursue, chase, run after, give chase, seek after, hunt, take advantage of, press the advantage, press on, struggle, push the envelope , drive out, contest, push out, expel, exorcise, exile (s, ed, ing); (to be) on the trail of, right behind, driven by pursuit, successively, in order, in succession, one by one, in detail躅zhu2(and) falter, stumble, stagger; fight, struggle
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