Mawangdui Yi Jing
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JIÀN,
key.
02.
CHUÁN,
the flow or stream, the female organ.
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rú
short tunic; very fine and light silk (a
silk garment for the winter sacrifice)
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SHAO3
yì
a picture of a person lifting up a small plant) little ability, little to plant.
10.
LI3
sacrifice, ritual, gift, courtesy.
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fù
return. The ‘broom’ was probably originally an attribute of
nobility, and only later got its meaning as broom.
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QIÀN
hold an object in the mouth, hate, disagreeable (like clenched teeth).
16.
YÙ
left-over, extra, surplus; remainder
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gè bamboo twig;
measure for mulberry leaves.
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lín wood, forest.
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shì
tell the
future using yarrow stalks
22.
fán: Artemisia
Stelleriana.
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wú mèng: without
first child. According to Hertzer: without effort, but I think barren might be
the best translation.
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xù
store, save; grow;
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tài guò
for DA
another character is used: tai, great. It is the name of hex.11.
29.
XÍ GÀN
used to
paying tribute, pay repeatedly for the music, repeated trapfall.
30.
LUÓ
net for catching birds
31.
QĪN
To respect; obey with respect, Imperial.
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YUÀN
minor official; subordinate. The part translated as 'determine' is a hedge-hog
34.
TÀI ZHUÀNG
great
vigor. The character for big is tai, which is the name of hex.11: great,
eminent.
35.
ZAN3
acquatic, submerged, latent, humidity in the earth.
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GUĀI
(ramified
ram’s horns) odd, singular, perverse; clever, well-behaved. Etymology: turning
one's back.
'Ramification': the rivers from different directions, and seeing others as
different. Evaluating, separating, staring.
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GOU3
dog,
damned; cursed
(Talk about
misogynistic, the Mawangdui text titles the hexagram Gou, The Bitch, both as
female dog and a term of contempt. "Not at all useful to court the bitch."
Bradford)
45.
ZÚ
soldier, private;
pawn; servant; finally; finish; die
46.
DĒNG
climb, ascend; mount, publish; record, harvest, pedal, step on. It is composed
of two feet and 'pot-of-beans' or 'drum', but here with the meaning 'pedestal'.
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chèn,
5th of 12 Earthly Branches; 2-hr period; star, 7-9 A.M., time; day; occasion,
celestial body (time-marker). It is a picture of an ancient hoe.
52.
GĒN
root
or base, cause, beginning.
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SUÀN
counting sticks (271 pieces, before abacus), exch. with SUAN4: count,
calculate, number, plan, sum, combine, elaborate (a plan), project, strategy,
foresee, to divine, life-span, taxes (at Han), food-basket.
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DUÓ
force one's way; take by force; seize; wrest, contend for,
deprive, decision, omission (in text). Bird-hand has the meaning 'spread the
wings and fly', impetuous, energetic, burst forth. Duoduo: to force one’s way.
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ZHŌNG FÙ
either 'return halfway' or 'inner return', 'go back in', 'central return' or
'the center returns' (the balance, see Hertzer).
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SHAO3
GUÒ
small mistake
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