作
zuo4Mathews: 6780GSR: 806l
Dictionary Definition
(to) act (acts, acted, act as), activate, appear, arise, become, begin, come to be, create, compose; conduct, develop, do, emerge, fluorish, function, generate, happen, invent, make (makes, made, will make, will have made), manifest, occur, perform, practice, produce, rise up, sacrifice, set in/to, start out, stand up, stimulate, stir up, transact, undertake, write, work (at/on), do work, start working, get to work (s, ed, ing); (a, the) activity, action, composition, creation, deed, function, operation, project, undertaking, work, workmanship; (to be) aroused, at work, in action, working 462
Radical: 9+5 | First occurrence: Hexagram 42.1
Concordance & Context (7 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 42.1
1st Line★
work, deed, project, undertaking; effort (s)
利用為大作，元吉，無咎。
Worthwhile and productive to perform great deeds
Excellent opportunity
Without errors
Stats: 9+5→ 06.X
Xiang Zhuan
(in) conducting, transacting, undertaking
天與水違行，訟。君子以作事謀始。
The sky together with water is contradiction in movement*
Contention
The noble young one, accordingly,
In undertaking the work, appraises beginnings
→ 16.X
Xiang Zhuan
made, composed, (under)wrote
雷出地奮，豫。先王以作樂崇德，殷薦之上帝，以配祖考。
Thunder comes from the earth with energy
Readiness
The early sovereigns, accordingly,
composed music to celebrate merit
Enthusiastically offering this to the highest divinity*
→ 40.X
Xiang Zhuan
set (in, to); do (their) work; create
雷雨作，觧。君子以赦過宥辠。
Thunder and rain create
Release
The noble young one, accordingly, pardons transgressions
And is broad-minded regarding offenses
→ 42.1
Xiang Zhuan
manifests, appears, (a)rises, creates v
明兩作，離。大人以繼明照于四方。
The light appears twice
Arising
The mature human being, accordingly,
Is continuous in clarifying and illuminating
into the four directions
→ 40.X
Tuan Zhuan
set (in, to); do (their) work; create; go to work
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!
→ 40.X
set (in, to); do (their) work; create; get to work
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 (zuo)
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