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24 March 2014
乘馬班如.泣血漣如. See also line 2 and 4. Qixue 泣血 is a fixed expression used in several ancient texts: ‘weep tears of blood’. In the Lun Heng 論衡 we read: 厲、武之時，卞和獻玉，刖其兩足，奉玉泣出，涕盡，續之以血。夫鄒衍之誠，孰與卞和?見拘之冤，孰與刖足？仰天而歎，孰與泣血? At the time…
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Line 4 乘馬班如.求婚媾.往吉. 無不利. See also line 2. Carts lingering, Seeking marriage (for tying bonds). Going is auspicious. Nothing disadvantageous. Line 5 屯其膏.小貞吉.大貞凶. Gao 膏: The best; cream; quintessence of something. The 王力古漢語字典 gives…
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即鹿無虞.惟入于林中.君子幾不如舍.往吝. Ji 即: approach; be close to Lu 鹿: general term for deer, reindeer, moose, etc. According to Lu Deming’s 陸德明 Jingdian Shiwen 經典釋文 the Wang Su 王肅 notes have lu 麓, the foot of a hill or…
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屯如邅如.乘馬班如.匪寇婚媾.女子貞不字.十年乃字. Tun 屯: to gather, assemble; to station troops, (to) garrison. Ru 如: According to 古代漢語虛詞詞典 (p. 458-459) ‘多用于形容詞或副詞之后，也有用于動詞之后的，表示事物或動作的状态.可譯為“….一的樣子”、“….的” ‘ . Used behind a verb it denotes appearance, how something behaves or acts. Similar to…
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Name Tun 屯: to gather, assemble; to station troops, (to) garrison (漢語大詞典, Vol. 1, p. 483). Tuan 彖 元亨.利貞.勿用有攸往.利建侯. You wang 攸往: see here. This phrase is currently under reinvestigation. About wang 往: The opposite of…
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