22 August 2014
Hexagram 06, line 3
食舊德, 貞厲 終吉, 或從王事, 无成. Shi 食: to ‘eat it’ – to speak about it but not putting it into practice (謂言已出而反吞之，不實行). Jiude 舊德: the virtues and good deeds of the former kings…
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3 August 2014
Hexagram 06, line 2
不克訟.歸而逋其邑人. 三百戶.無眚. Buke 不克: unable to win (the fight or battle – 不能戰勝) Song 訟: dispute, lawsuit, accusation Gui 歸: return, go back. Also loan for kui 愧, ‘ashamed’ Bu 逋: flee, run away Yiren 邑人: the people…
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30 July 2014
Hexagram 06, Judgment
有孚.窒惕.中吉.終凶.利見大人.不利涉大川. About you fu 有孚 see here. 窒惕: Many assume that zhiti 窒惕 forms a fixed phrase, and I follow that same route although this is by no means an established fact –…
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Hexagram 05, line 5 & 6
line 5 需于酒食.貞吉. Waiting with wine and food. The divination is auspicious. line 6 入于穴. 有不速之客三人來敬之. 終吉. Ru 入: in old texts often used with the meaning of ‘to accept’ (taxes, tribute…
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Hexagram 05, line 4
需于血.出自穴. Xue 血: loan for xue 洫, the irrigation ditches between fields; a small water channel. (古代漢語通假字大字典, p. 769) 鄒漢勳 Zou Hanxun (1805 – 1854) also follows this hypothesis, arguing that the fourth…
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