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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 順 U+9806 |  Seal script |  Jinwen | 㥧 Semantic variant | 巡 Semantic variant | 顺 Simplified character | 𠈼 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 页+ 3 strokes = 12 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.395#29 Kangxi: p.1399#17 Cihai: p.1475r3c01 GSR: 462.c Hanyu: v7,p4357#05 |
| Composition: | Left: 川, right: 页. Component of: 𫖦 𬱍 |
| Mandarin: | shùn ㄕㄨㄣˋ |
| Cantonese: | seon6 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *jhuìn |
| Shuowen: | 《页部》顺：理也。从页从巛。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·去声·稕·顺》顺：从也。食閠切，二。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·页部·三》顺：〔古文〕㥧巡𠈼《唐韵》《正韵》𠀤食闰切，盾去声。《说文》理也。从页从巛，会意。川流也。《玉篇》从也。《诗·大雅》有觉德行，四国顺之。《笺》有大德行，则天下顺从其政。《释名》顺，循也，循其理也。又放之也。《仪礼·大射仪》大射正执弓，以袂顺左右隈。《疏》以袂向下，于弓隈顺放之。又山名，水名。《山海经》有顺山，顺水出焉。又《释名》凤皇五色，心文曰德，翼文曰顺。又《扬子·方言》目好谓之顺。《注》言流泽也。又《增韵》和也。《易·豫卦》豫顺以动，故天地如之。《疏》圣人和顺而动，合天地之德，故天地亦如圣人而爲之。《礼·乐记》和顺积中，而英华发外。又《增韵》不逆也。《尔雅·释诂》舒业顺，叙也。《疏》顺者不逆有叙也。又《諡法》慈惠徧服曰顺。又《小尔雅》顺，退也。 考证：〔《逸雅》顺，循也〕谨按语出释名，今将逸雅改爲释名。〔《尔雅·释诂》舒业顺，叙也。《疏》顺本不逆有叙也。〕谨照原文顺本改顺者。 |
| Fanqie: | 食閠 (《广韵·去声·稕·顺》) |
| Unihan definition: | obey, submit to, go along with |
Example usage
| 《论语·为政》: | 子曰：“吾十有五而志于学，三十而立，四十而不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳顺，七十而从心所欲，不逾矩。” |
| The Master said, "At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning. At thirty, I stood firm. At forty, I had no doubts. At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven. At sixty, my ear was an obedient organ for the reception of truth. At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired, without transgressing what was right." | |
| 《孟子·尽心上》: | 公孙丑曰：“伊尹曰：‘予不狎于不顺。’” |
| Gong Sun Chou said, 'Yi Yin said, "I cannot be near and see him so disobedient to reason,"' | |
| 《礼记·投壶》: | 请宾曰：“顺投为入。” |
| He asks the guest to pitch, saying, 'When the arrow goes straight in, it is reckoned an entry.' | |
| 《孝经·事君》: | 子曰：“君子之事上也，进思尽忠，退思补过，将顺其美，匡救其恶，故上下能相亲也。” |
| The Master said, "The superior man serves his ruler in such a way that, when at court in his presence, his thought is how to discharge his loyal duty to the utmost, and when he retires from it, his thought is how to amend his errors. He carries out with deference the measures springing from his excellent qualities and rectifies him (only) to save him from what are evil. Hence, as the superior and inferior, they are able to have an affection for each other." | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 圣人耳不顺乎非，口不肄乎善。 |
| The sage's ear does not follow what is false, nor does his mouth work at sounding good. | |
| 《庄子·养生主》: | 适去，夫子顺也。 |
| When he went away, it was the simple sequence (of his coming). | |
| 《道德经》: | 玄德深矣，远矣，与物反矣，然后乃至大顺。 |
| Deep and far-reaching is such mysterious excellence, showing indeed its possessor as opposite to others, but leading them to a great conformity to him. | |
| 《商君书·更法》: | 礼法以时而定，制令各顺其宜，兵甲器备各便其用。 |
| As rites and laws were fixed in accordance with what was opportune, regulations and orders were all expedient, and weapons, armour, implements and equipment were all practical. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 政教习俗，相顺而后行。 |
| 《说苑·君道》: | 凡处尊位者必以敬，下顺德规谏，必开不讳之门，撙节安静以藉之，谏者勿振以威，毋格其言，博采其辞，乃择可观。 |
| 《春秋繁露·竹林》: | 《书》曰：“尔有嘉谋嘉猷，入告尔君于内，尔乃顺之于外，曰：此谋此猷，惟我君之德。” |
| 《韩诗外传·卷一》: | 夫大者天地，其次君臣，所以为顺也。 |
| 《大戴礼记·主言》: | 孔子曰：“上敬老则下益孝，上顺齿则下益悌，上乐施则下益谅，上亲贤则下择友，上好德则下不隐，上恶贪则下耻争，上强果则下廉耻，民皆有别，则贞、则正，亦不劳矣，此谓七教。” |
| 《白虎通德论·爵》: | 候逆顺也。 |
| 《新书·道德说》: | 道物有载物者，毕以顺理和适行。 |
| 《新序·善谋下》: | 诸侯有变，顺流而下，足以委输，此所谓金城千里，天府之国也。 |
| 《中论·修本》: | 存其旧术，顺其常好，是以身辱名贱而不免为人役也。 |
| 《孔子家语·相鲁》: | 道不拾遗，男尚忠信，女尚贞顺。 |
| 《潜夫论·务本》: | 辞语者，以信顺为本，以诡丽为末。 |
| 《论衡·幸偶》: | 则夫顺道而触者，为不幸矣 |
| 《太玄经·干》: | 测曰，“干干”之“贞”、顺可保也。 |
| 《风俗通义·五伯》: | 至道不远，三五复反，譬若循连钚，顺鼎耳，穷则反本，终则复始也。 |
| 《孔丛子·广言》: | 顺，退也。 |
| 《申鉴·政体》: | 治世之臣，所贵乎顺者三，一曰心顺，二曰职顺，三曰道顺。 |
| 《忠经·守宰章》: | 夫人莫不欲安，君子顺而安之。 |
| 《素书·求人之志章》: | 括囊顺会，所以无咎。 |
| 《新语·道基》: | 禹乃决江䟽河，通之四渎，致之于海，大小相引，高下相受，百川顺流，各归其所，然后人民得去高险，处平土。 |
| 《独断·卷上》: | 太祝掌六祝之辞：顺祝、愿丰年也，年祝、求永真也，告祝、祈福祥也，化祝、弭灾兵也，瑞祝、逆时雨、宁风旱也，策祝、远罪病也。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·独断》: | 帝谥：违拂不成曰隐，靖民则法曰黄，翼善传圣曰尧，仁圣盛明曰舜，残人多垒曰桀，残义损善曰纣，慈惠爱亲曰孝，爱民好与曰惠，圣善同文曰宣，声闻宣远曰昭，克定祸乱曰武，聪明睿智曰献，温柔圣善曰懿，布德执义曰穆，仁义说民曰元，安仁立政曰神，布纲治纪曰平，乱而不损曰灵，保民耆艾曰明，辟土有德曰襄，贞心大度曰匡，大虑慈民曰定，知过能改曰恭，不生其国曰声，一德不懈曰简，夙兴夜寐曰敬，清白自守曰贞，柔德好众曰靖，安乐治民曰康，小心畏忌曰僖，中身早折曰悼，慈仁和民曰顺，好勇致力曰庄，恭人短折曰哀，在国逢难曰愍，名实过爽曰缪，壅遏不通曰幽，暴虐无亲曰厉，致志大图曰景，辟土兼国曰桓，经纬天地曰文，执义扬善曰怀，短折不成曰殇，去礼远众曰炀，怠政外交曰携，治典不敷曰祈。 |
| 《墨子·经说上》: | 顺长，治也。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 性命非汝有，是天地之委顺也。 |
| 《鶡冠子·道端》: | 逆顺利害，由此出生。 |
| 《文子·精诚》: | 天道无私就也，无私去也，能者有馀，诎者不足，顺之者利，逆之者凶。 |
| 《列仙传·师门》: | 为夏孔甲龙师，孔甲不能顺其意，杀而埋之外野。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 专气致柔，专守精气使不乱，则形体能应之而柔顺。 |
| 《韩非子·初见秦》: | 臣闻之曰：“以乱攻治者亡，以邪攻正者亡，以逆攻顺者亡。” |
| 《慎子·民杂》: | 是君臣之顺，治乱之分，不可不察也。 |
| 《管子·山至数》: | 桓公问管子曰：“梁聚谓寡人曰：‘古者轻赋税而肥籍敛，取下无顺于此者矣，梁聚之言何如？’” |
| 《公孙龙子·迹府》: | 尹文曰：‘今有人于此，事君则忠，事亲则孝，交友则信，处乡则顺，有此四行，可谓士乎？’ |
| 《孙子兵法·九地》: | 夫众陷于害，然后能为胜败，故为兵之事，在于顺详敌之意，并力一向，千里杀将，是谓巧能成事。 |
| 《吴子·图国》: | 举顺天人，故能然矣。 |
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