| Chinese Text Project |
| 易 U+6613 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen | 易 Alternate form |
| Radical: | 日+ 4 strokes = 8 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.347#36 p.517#18 Kangxi: p.492#03 Cihai: p.633r6c01 GSR: 850.a Hanyu: v2,p1494#01 |
| Composition: | Top: 日, bottom: 勿. Compositionally related: 曶 昒 易 . Component of: 剔 㑥 𠴭 𬯆 𤟍 𡱿 𡸑 𭕏 埸 𢃡 惕 𢒗 掦 𫶁 𬀺 㛫 𬪉 赐 𣨟 𬻸 [More] |
| Mandarin: | yì ㄧˋ |
| Cantonese: | ji6 jik6 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *iɛ̀ iɛk |
| Shuowen: | 《易部》易：蜥易，蝘蜓，守宮也。象形。《祕書》說：日月為易，象陰陽也。一曰从勿。凡易之屬皆从易。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·去聲·寘·易》易：難易也，𥳑易也，又禮云易墓非古也，易謂芟除草木。以豉切，又以益切，六。 《廣韻·入聲·昔·繹》易：變易又始也，改也，奪也，轉也，亦水名出涿郡安閻山見水經亦州名漢書趙分晉得中山秦爲上谷郡漢置涿郡隋爲易州因水名之又姓齊大夫易牙。又盈義切。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·日部·四》易：《唐韻》羊益切《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》夷益切，𠀤音亦。《說文》蜥易，蝘蜓，守宮也。象形。祕書說：日月爲易，象隂陽也。《易·繫辭》《易》者，象也。《疏》《易》卦者，爲萬物之形象。《又》生生之謂易。《註》隂陽轉易，以成化生。《疏》隂陽變轉。《周禮·春官·大卜》掌三《易》之灋：一曰《連山》，二曰《歸藏》，三曰《周易》。《註》易者，揲蓍變易之數，可占者也。《孔穎達·周易正義》夫易者，變化之總名，改換之殊稱。《朱子·周易本義》《易》，書名也。其卦本伏羲所畫，有交易、變易之義，故謂之《易》。又《易·乾卦》不易乎世。《註》不爲世所移易也。又《易·繫辭》日中爲市，致天下之民，聚天下之貨，交易而退。《公羊傳·宣十二年》交易爲言。《註》交易，猶往來也。又《書·堯典》平在朔易。《傳》謂歲改易。又《禮·祭義》易抱龜南面。《疏》占易之官也。又《史記·項羽紀》赤泉侯人馬俱驚，辟易數里。《註》正義曰：開張易舊處。又姓。《姓氏急就篇》易氏，易牙之後。又水名。《水經》易水出涿郡故安縣閻鄕西山。又州名。《廣韻》趙分晉得中山，秦爲上谷郡，漢置涿郡，隋爲易州，因水名之。又《廣韻》《集韻》《韻會》以豉切《正韻》以智切，𠀤音異。《易·繫辭》乾以易知。《疏》《易》謂《易略》。又《易·繫辭》辭有險易。《註》之泰則其辭易，之否則其辭險。《疏》易，說易也。又《禮·檀弓》易墓非古也。《註》易謂芟治草木。《孟子》易其田疇。《註》易，治也。又《禮·祭義》外貌斯須不莊不敬，而慢易之心入之矣。又《公羊傳·文十二年》俾君子易怠。《註》易怠，猶輕惰也。又《公羊傳·宣六年》是子之易也。《註》易，猶省也。又《論語》喪，與其易也，寧戚。《何晏註》和易也。《朱傳》易，治也。又《爾雅·釋詁》平、均、夷、弟，易也。《註》皆謂易直。《疏》易者，不難也。又《莊子·刻意篇》聖人休休焉，則平易矣。又《史記·禮書》能慮勿易。《註》易，謂輕易也。又《韻補》叶余支切。《詩·小雅》爾還而入，我心易也。還而不入，否難知也。 |
| Fanqie: | 以豉 (《廣韻·去聲·寘·易》) 以益 (《廣韻·去聲·寘·易》) 羊益 (《廣韻·入聲·昔·繹》) 盈義 (《廣韻·入聲·昔·繹》) |
| Unihan definition: | change; easy |
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| 《論語·學而》: | 子夏曰：「賢賢易色，事父母能竭其力，事君能致其身，與朋友交言而有信。」 |
| Zi Xia said, "If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous; if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength; if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life; if, in his intercourse with his friends, his words are sincere" | |
| 《孟子·盡心上》: | 孟子曰：「易其田疇，薄其稅斂，民可使富也。」 |
| Mencius said, 'Let it be seen to that their fields of grain and hemp are well cultivated, and make the taxes on them light - so the people may be made rich.' | |
| 《禮記·深衣》: | 故《易》曰：坤，「六二之動，直以方」也。 |
| It is said in the Yi, 'The movement indicated by the second line in Kun, divided, is "from the straight (line) to the square."' | |
| 《孝經·廣要道》: | 移風易俗，莫善於樂。 |
| For changing their manners and altering their customs, there is nothing better than music. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 或曰：「顏徒易乎？」 |
| Someone said: Is it easy to be a follower of Yan? | |
| 《墨子·經上》: | 化，徵易也。 |
| Hua (transformation) is the distinguishing marks of one thing changing to the distinguishing marks of another. | |
| 《莊子·人間世》: | 有而為之，其易邪？ |
| (But) when you have the method, will you find it easy to practise it? | |
| 《道德經》: | 故有無相生，難易相成，長短相較，高下相傾，音聲相和，前後相隨。 |
| So it is that existence and non-existence give birth the one to (the idea of) the other; that difficulty and ease produce the one (the idea of) the other; that length and shortness fashion out the one the figure of the other; that (the ideas of) height and lowness arise from the contrast of the one with the other; that the musical notes and tones become harmonious through the relation of one with another; and that being before and behind give the idea of one following another. | |
| 《商君書·更法》: | 臣聞之，聖人不易民而教，知者不變法而治。 |
| I have heard it said: 'A sage teaches without changing the people, and a wise man obtains good government without altering the laws.' | |
| 《孫子兵法·始計》: | 地者，遠近，險易，廣狹，死生也。 |
| Earth comprises distances, great and small; danger and security; open ground and narrow passes; the chances of life and death. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 言味者予易牙，言音者予師曠，言治者予三王。 |
| 《說苑·君道》: | 夫事寡易從，法省易因。 |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 《詩》《書》具其志，《禮》《樂》純其養，《易》《春秋》明其知。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 言不務多，務審所行而已，行既已尊之，言既已由之，若肌膚性命之不可易也。 |
| 《大戴禮記》: | 知既知之，行既由之，言既順之，若夫性命肌膚之不可易也，富貴不足以益，貧賤不足以損。 |
| 《白虎通德論·爵》: | 故《易》曰：「伏羲氏之王天下也。」 |
| 《新書·脩政語下》: | 故夫天下者，難得而易失也，難常而易亡也。 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 呂后乃使建成侯呂澤劫留侯曰：「君常為上計，今日欲易太子，君安得高河臥？」 |
| 《中論·治學》: | 《易》曰：「君子以自強不息。」 |
| 《孔子家語·儒行解》: | 儒有一畝之宮，環堵之室，篳門圭窬，蓬戶甕牖，易衣而出，并日而食。 |
| 《潛夫論·讚學》: | 《易》曰：「君子以多志前言往行以畜其德。」 |
| 《論衡·幸偶》: | 又曰：「君子處易以俟命，小人行險以徼幸。」 |
| 《太玄經·夷》: | 陽氣傷𨲞，陰無救瘣，物則平易。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 故《春秋》分為五，《詩》分為四，《易》有數家之傳。 |
| 《孔叢子·廣詁》: | 爰、換、變、貿、交、更，易也。 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 若乃肆情於身而繩欲於眾，行詐於官而矜實於民，求己之所有餘，奪下之所不足，捨己之所易，責人之所難，怨之本也。 |
| 《忠經·天地神明章》: | 言人之易從也。 |
| 《素書·安禮章》: | 逆者難從，順者易行。 |
| 《新語·術事》: | 故聖賢與道合，愚者與禍同，懷德者應以福，挾惡者報以凶，德薄者位危，去道者身亡，萬世不易法，古今同紀綱。 |
| 《獨斷·卷下》: | 《易》曰：「帝出乎震。」 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 《易》曰：「帝出乎震。」 |
| 《魯勝墨辯注敘》: | 荀卿、莊周等皆非毀名家，而不能易其論也。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 故曰：有太易，有太初，有太始，有太素。 |
| 《鶡冠子·著希》: | 夫君子者，易親而難狎，畏禍而難卻，嗜利而不為非，時動而不苟作。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 無治者，不易自然也。 |
| 《文始真經·一宇》: | 勿以聖人堅守不易，則曰道以執得。 |
| 《列仙傳·犢子》: | 妙氣充內，變白易形。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 難易相成，見難而為易也。 |
| 《韓非子·愛臣》: | 人臣太貴，必易主位。 |
| 《慎子·威德》: | 易之以元緆，則行者皆止。 |
| 《諫逐客書》: | 孝公用商鞅之法，移風易俗，民以殷盛，國以富彊，百姓樂用，諸侯親服，獲楚、魏之師，舉地千里，至今治彊。 |
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