30 November 2015
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外比之。貞吉。 Wai 外: those outside the clan, not related by blood, ‘outsiders’, those with different surname. In oracle bone inscriptions wai was used as a prefix for former kings that were…
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29 November 2015
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比之匪人. Bi 比: see line 1. Fei 匪: ‘without’: 后非眾，罔與守邦… If the sovereign had not the multitude, there would be none to guard the country (for him)… Shujing 書經 (tr. Legge) 析薪如之何、匪斧不克。…
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比之自內。貞吉。 Bi 比: see line 1. Zi 自: (starting) from: 自天子達於庶人…. From the emperor to the common people… (Mengzi 孟子, Lun Heng etc.) Nei 內: its regular meaning is ‘inside, interior’, but…
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22 November 2015
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有孚比之.無咎.有孚盈缶.終來有它.吉. About you fu 有孚 see here. Bi 比: ‘assist, support’, ‘join (to support)’, to form a bond to reach a common goal, if necessary in a secondary position, to put yourself…
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吉.原筮.元永貞.無咎.不寧方來.後夫凶. Yuan 原: many old commentaries say that yuan should be read as zai 再, ‘again’. But this meaning of yuan is quite rare. The Shanghai Museum Manuscript has 备 (not to…
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