| Chinese Text Project |
| 昔 U+6614 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen |  Jianbo |
| Radical: | 日+ 4 strokes = 8 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.516#14 Kangxi: p.492#05 Cihai: p.634r5c01 GSR: 798.a Hanyu: v2,p1488#11 |
| Composition: | Top: 龷, bottom: 日. Component of: 借 剒 𬣾 𨛳 厝 𠝖 𪣤 㛭 㝜 㟙 唶 㳻 徣 惜 措 猎 庴 𢃟 𢧉 腊 [More] |
| Mandarin: | xī cuò xí ㄒㄧ ㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧˊ |
| Cantonese: | sik1 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *siɛk |
| Shuowen: | 《日部》昔：乾肉也。从殘肉，日以晞之。與俎同意。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·入聲·昔·昔》昔：往也，始也，爲一昔之期明日也。《說文》作㫺乾肉也，又姓漢有烏傷令昔登。思積切，十四。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·日部·四》昔：《唐韻》《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》𠀤思積切，音惜。《說文》作㫺。乾肉也。从殘肉，日以晞之。與俎同意。《類篇》隷作昔。《五經文字》後人以爲古昔字。《易·說卦》昔者，聖人之作《易》也。《疏》據今而稱上世，謂之昔者也。《詩·商頌》自古在昔，先民有作。《禮·曲禮》必則古昔稱先王。又《詩·陳風》誰昔然矣。《傳》昔，久也。《疏》昔是久遠之事。又《禮·檀弓》予疇昔之夜。《註》猶前也。又《博雅》昔，夜也。《左傳·哀四年》爲一昔之期。《莊子·天運篇》則通昔不寐矣。又姓。《廣韻》漢有烏傷令昔登。又《集韻》倉各切，音錯。觕也。《周禮·冬官考工記·弓人》老牛之角紾而昔。《註》昔讀爲交錯之錯，謂牛角觕理錯也。又《韻補》叶息約切。《左思·詠史詩》當其未遇時，憂在塡溝壑。英雄有迍邅，由來自古昔。 考證：〔《左思·詠史詩》當其未遇時，憂其塡溝壑。〕謹照原詩憂其改憂在。（㫺）《說文》昔本字。籀文加肉作腊。《字彙》以爲古文昔字，非。 |
| Fanqie: | 思積 (《廣韻·入聲·昔·昔》) |
| Unihan definition: | formerly; ancient; in beginning |
Example usage
| 《論語·泰伯》: | 有若無，實若虛，犯而不校，昔者吾友嘗從事於斯矣。 |
| Having, as though he had not; full, and yet counting himself as empty; offended against, and yet entering into no altercation; formerly I had a friend who pursued this style of conduct. | |
| 《孟子·告子下》: | 曰：「昔者王豹處於淇，而河西善謳。」 |
| Kun urged again, 'Formerly, when Wang Bao dwelt on the Qi, the people on the west of the Yellow River all became skilful at singing in his abrupt manner.' | |
| 《禮記·緇衣》: | 《君奭》曰：『昔在上帝，周田觀文王之德，其集大命于厥躬。』 |
| It is said to the Prince Shi (Shu, V, xvi, 11), "Aforetime, when God beheld the virtue of king Wen in the fields of Zhou, he made the great decree light on his person." | |
| 《孝經·感應》: | 子曰：「昔者明王事父孝，故事天明。」 |
| The Master said, "Anciently, the intelligent kings served their fathers with filial piety, and therefore they served Heaven with intelligence." | |
| 《揚子法言·序》: | 芒芒天道，昔在聖考，過則失中，不及則不至，不可姦罔，譔《問道》。 |
| Vast! Vast is Tian's Dao! In the past the sages completed it. If one goes too far, he loses the mean. If one doesn't go all the way, he doesn't reach the Dao. It cannot be defiled or maligned. Thus, I have written "Asking About the Dao." | |
| 《莊子·齊物論》: | 今之隱几者，非昔之隱几者也。 |
| His appearance as he leans forward on the stool to-day is such as I never saw him have before in the same position. | |
| 《道德經》: | 昔之得一者：天得一以清。 |
| The things which from of old have got the One (the Dao) are Heaven which by it is bright and pure. | |
| 《商君書·賞刑》: | 昔湯封於贊茅，文王封於岐周，方百里。 |
| In days of old, Tang was invested with Zan-mao, Wen-wang was invested with Qi-Zhou, a district of a hundred square li. | |
| 《孫子兵法·軍形》: | 孫子曰：昔之善戰者，先為不可勝，以待敵之可勝，不可勝在己，可勝在敵。 |
| Sunzi said: The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy. To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself. | |
| 《史記·五帝本紀》: | 昔高陽氏有才子八人，世得其利，謂之「八愷」。 |
| In former days the Emperor Gaoyang had eight talented sons; the world benefited by them, and they were called the eight benevolent ones. | |
| 《荀子·解蔽》: | 昔者舜之治天下也，不以事詔而萬物成。 |
| 《說苑·君道》: | 伊尹對曰：「昔者堯見人而知，舜任人然後知，禹以成功舉之。」 |
| 《春秋繁露·仁義法》: | 昔者晉靈公殺膳宰以淑飲食，彈大夫以娛其意，非不厚自愛也，然而不得為淑人者，不愛人也。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 對曰：「昔、是子也，吾使之事仲尼，仲尼去魯，送之，不出魯郊，贈之，不與家珍。」 |
| 《大戴禮記·主言》: | 是故昔者明主內脩七教，外行三至。 |
| 《白虎通德論·號》: | 昔三王之道衰，而五霸存其政，率諸侯朝天子，正天下之化，興復中國，攘除夷狄，故謂之霸也。 |
| 《新書·脩政語下》: | 曰：「昔者先王與帝脩道而道脩，寡人之望也，亦願以教。」 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 曰：「昔湯伐桀，而封其後於杞者，斯能制桀之死命也。」 |
| 《中論·治學》: | 昔之君子成德立行，身沒而名不朽，其故何哉？ |
| 《孔子家語·王言解》: | 是故，昔者明王內修七教，外行三至。 |
| 《潛夫論·讚學》: | 昔倕之巧，目茂圓方，心定平直，又造規繩矩墨以誨後人。 |
| 《論衡·逢遇》: | 昔周人有仕數不遇，年老白首，泣涕於塗者。 |
| 《太玄經·太玄棿》: | 是以昔者群聖人之作事也，上擬諸天，下擬諸地，中擬諸人。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 昔仲尼沒而微言闕，七十子喪而大義乖。 |
| 《孔叢子·嘉言》: | 既而見夫子，問曰：「昔周作靈臺，亦戮人乎？」 |
| 《申鑒·時事》: | 仲尼邈而靡質，昔先師沒而無間，將誰使折之者。 |
| 《忠經·天地神明章》: | 昔在至理，上下一德，以徵天休，忠之道也。 |
| 《新語·無為》: | 昔虞舜治天下，彈五絃之琴，歌《南風》之詩，寂若無治國之意，漠若無憂民之心，然天下治。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·青衣賦》: | 感昔鄭季，平陽是私。 |
| 《墨子·大取》: | 昔者之慮也，非今日之慮也。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 子列子曰：「昔者聖人因陰陽以統天地。」 |
| 《鶡冠子·天則》: | 昔者有道之取政，非於耳目也。 |
| 《文子·精誠》: | 老子曰：昔黃帝之治天下，理日月之行，治陰陽之氣，節四時之度，正律曆之數，別男女，明上下，使強不掩弱，眾不暴寡，民保命而不夭，歲時熟而不凶，百官正而無私，上下調而無尤，法令明而不闇，輔佐公而不阿，田者讓畔，道不拾遺，市不預賈，故於此時，日月星辰不失其行，風雨時節，五穀豐昌，鳳皇翔於庭，麒麟游於郊。 |
| 《文始真經·五鑑》: | 譬猶昔游再到，記憶宛然。 |
| 《列仙傳·容成公》: | 得一在昔，含光獨游。 |
| 《鬻子》: | 政曰：昔者文王問於鬻子，敢問人有大忘乎？ |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 昔之得一者：昔，往也。 |
| 《韓非子·初見秦》: | 昔者紂為天子，將率天下甲兵百萬，左飲於淇溪，右飲於洹谿，淇水竭而洹水不流，以與周武王為難。 |
| 《申不害·大體》: | 昔者堯之治天下也以名。 |
| 《慎子·逸文》: | 昔者，天子手能衣而宰夫設服，足能行而相者導進，口能言而行人稱辭，故無失言失禮也。 |
| 《諫逐客書》: | 昔繆公求士，西取由余於戎，東得百里奚於宛，迎蹇叔於宋，來丕豹、公孫支於晉。 |
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