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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 譬 U+8B6C |  Seal script |
| Radical: | 言+ 13 strokes = 20 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.348#2 Kangxi: p.1183#16 Cihai: p.1256r2c04 GSR: 853.t Hanyu: v6,p4026#08 |
| Composition: | Top: 辟, bottom: 言. Component of: 𭍅 |
| Mandarin: | pì ㄆㄧˋ |
| Cantonese: | pei3 |
| Tang reconstruction: | piɛ̀ |
| Shuowen: | 《言部》譬：谕也。从言辟声。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·去声·置·譬》譬：《说文》谕也。匹赐切，二。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·言部·十三》譬：《唐韵》匹至切《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》匹智切，𠀤嚭去声。《说文》谕也。《徐曰》犹匹也。匹而谕之也。《诗·大雅》取譬不远。《礼·学记》罕譬而喻。《注》比方之辞。《后汉·第五种传》羽请住譬降之。《注》譬，谕也。又犹晓也。《后汉·鲍永传》言之者虽戒，而闻之者未譬。又《集韵》或作辟。《诗·小雅》譬彼舟流。《笺》譬，本亦作辟。《孟子》譬若掘井。 考证：〔《礼·学记》罕譬而谕。《注》北方之辞。〕谨照原文谕改喻。北方改比方。 |
| Fanqie: | 匹赐 (《广韵·去声·置·譬》) |
| Unihan definition: | metaphor, simile, example |
Example usage
| 《论语·为政》: | 子曰：“为政以德，譬如北辰，居其所而众星共之。” |
| The Master said, "He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it." | |
| 《孟子·万章下》: | 智，譬则巧也。 |
| As a comparison for wisdom, we may liken it to skill. | |
| 《礼记·学记》: | 其言也约而达，微而臧，罕譬而喻，可谓继志矣。 |
| His words are brief, but far-reaching; unpretentious, but deep; with few illustrations, but instructive. In this way he may be said to perpetuate his ideas. | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 观书者譬诸观山及水，升东岳而知众山之逦迤也，况介丘乎？ |
| Looking at the the Confucian Books is comparable to looking at mountains and water: Ascending Mt. Tai, one knows the small and winding landscape of the other mountains of the range, how much more that of the little hills. | |
| 《墨子·三辩》: | 今夫子曰：‘圣王不为乐’，此譬之犹马驾而不税，弓张而不弛，无乃非有血气者之所 不3能至邪？ |
| Sir, you say the sage-kings did not have music. This would be comparing them to the horse placed under yoke and never released, and the bow drawn and never unstrung. Is this not impossible for the ordinary human being? | |
| 《庄子·天地》: | 而终身道人也，终身谀人也，合譬饰辞聚众也，是始终本末不相坐。 |
| And yet all his life he is merely following others, and flattering them. His illustrations are made to agree with theirs; his phrases are glossed: to win the approbation of the multitudes. From first to last, from beginning to end, he finds no fault with their views. | |
| 《道德经》: | 譬道之在天下，犹川谷之与江海。 |
| The relation of the Dao to all the world is like that of the great rivers and seas to the streams from the valleys. | |
| 《孙子兵法·地形》: | 厚而不能使，爱而不能令，乱而不能治，譬若骄子，不可用也。 |
| If, however, you are indulgent, but unable to make your authority felt; kind-hearted, but unable to enforce your commands; and incapable, moreover, of quelling disorder: then your soldiers must be likened to spoilt children; they are useless for any practical purpose. | |
| 《荀子·解蔽》: | 故人心譬如盘水，正错而勿动，则湛浊在下，而清明在上，则足以见鬒眉而察理矣。 |
| 《说苑·辨物》: | 中庶子曰：“子之方如此，譬若以管窥天，以锥利地。” |
| 《春秋繁露》: | 譬如于文宣之际，中国之君，五年之中五君杀。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷一》: | 治国者譬若乎张琴然，大弦急，则小弦绝矣。 |
| 《大戴礼记·礼察》: | 孔子曰：“君子之道譬犹防与？” |
| 《白虎通德论·社稷》: | 《论语》曰：“譬诸宫墙，不得其门而入。” |
| 《新书·修政语上》: | 汤曰：学圣王之道者，譬其如日。 |
| 《新序·善谋》: | 夫蜀西僻之国，而戎狄之长也，有桀纣之乱，以秦攻之，譬如以豺狼逐群羊也。 |
| 《中论·治学》: | 民之初载，其蒙未知，譬如宝在于玄室，有所求而不见，白日照焉，则群物斯辩矣。 |
| 《孔子家语·五仪解》: | 不悫而多能，譬之豺狼不可迩。 |
| 《潜夫论·赞学》: | 故圣人之制经以遗后贤也，譬犹巧倕之为规矩准绳以遗后工也。 |
| 《论衡·命义》: | 譬犹水火相更也，水盛胜火，火盛胜水。 |
| 《太玄经·太玄攡》: | 譬若天苍苍然在于东面、南面、西面、北面，仰而无不在焉，及其俛则不见也。 |
| 《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·嘉言》: | 譬若载无辖之车，以临千仞之谷。 |
| 《申鉴·俗嫌》: | 持身随天，万里不逸，譬诸孺子掩目巨夫之掖，而曰逃可乎？ |
| 《蔡中郎集·释诲》: | 譬犹锺山之玉，泗滨之石，累圭璧不为之盈，采浮磬不为之索。 |
| 《列子·说符》: | 稽度皆明而不道也，譬之出不由门，行不从径也。 |
| 《鶡冠子·能天》: | 切譬于渊，其深不测，淩淩乎泳澹波而不竭。 |
| 《文子·精诚》: | 至人潜行，譬犹雷霆之藏也，随时而举事，因资而立功，进退无难，无所不通。 |
| 《文始真经·二柱》: | 譬如手不触刃，刃不伤人。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 譬如日中则移，月满则亏，物盛则衰，乐极则哀。 |
| 《韩非子·有度》: | 为人臣者，譬之若手，上以修头，下以修足，清暖寒热，不得不救，入，镆邪傅体，不敢弗搏。 |
| 《管子·戒》: | 草封泽盐者之归之也譬若市人 |
| 《公孙龙子·迹府》: | 假物取譬，以“守白”辩，谓白马为非马也。 |
| 《吴子·图国》: | 若以备进战退守，而不求能用者，譬犹伏鸡之搏狸，乳犬之犯虎，虽有斗心，随之死矣。 |
| 《淮南子·道应训》: | 譬之若林木无材，而可以为材。 |
| 《吕氏春秋·知化》: | 越之于吴也，譬若心腹之疾也，虽无作，其伤深而在内也。 |
| 《鬼谷子·摩篇》: | 此物类相应，于势譬犹是也。 |
| 《邓析子·无厚》: | 不治其本，而务其末，譬如拯溺锤之以石，救火投之以薪。 |
| 《史记·秦始皇本纪》: | 大梁人尉缭来，说秦王曰：“以秦之强，诸侯譬如郡县之君，臣但恐诸侯合从，翕而出不意，此乃智伯、夫差、泯王之所以亡也。” |
| 《春秋左传》: | 民知穷困，而受盟于楚，孤也与其二三臣，不能禁止，不敢不告，知武子使行人子员对之曰，君有楚命，亦不使一介行李，告于寡君，而即安于楚，君之所欲也，谁敢违君，寡君将帅诸侯以见于城下，唯君图之，晋范宣子来聘，且拜公之辱，告将用师于郑，公享之，宣子赋摽有梅，季武子曰，谁敢哉，今譬于草木，寡君在君，君之臭味也，欢以承命，何时之有，武子赋角弓，宾将出，武子赋彤弓，宣子曰，城濮之役，我先君文公献功于衡雍，受彤弓于襄王，以为子孙藏，匄也，先君守官之嗣也，敢不承命，君子以为知礼。 |
| 《逸周书·皇门解》: | 下邑小国，克有耇老，据屏位，建沈人，罔不用明刑，维其开告予于嘉德之说，命我辟王，小至于大，我闻在昔有国誓王之不绥于恤，乃维其有大门宗子势臣，罔不茂扬肃德，讫亦有孚，以助厥辟，勤王国王家，乃方求论择元圣武夫，羞于王所，自其善臣以至有分私子，苟克有常，罔不允通，咸献言在于王所，人斯是助王，恭明祀，敷明刑，王用有监明宪，朕命用克和有成，用能承天嘏命，百姓兆民，用罔不茂在王庭，克用有劝，永有孚于上下，人斯既助厥，辟勤劳王家，先人神祇，报职用休，俾嗣在王家，四国用宁，小人用格，□能稼穑，咸祀天神，戎兵克慎，军用克多，王用奄有四邻远土，丕承万子孙，用末被先王之灵光，至于厥后嗣，弗见先王之明刑，维时乃胥学于非夷，以家相厥室，弗恤王国王家，维德是用，以昏臣作威不详，不屑惠听无辜之辞，乃维不顺之辞是羞于王，王阜求良言，于是人斯乃非维直以应，维作诬以对，俾无依无助，譬若畋犬骄，用逐禽，其犹不克有获，是人斯乃谗贼媢嫉，以不利于厥家国，譬若匹夫之有婚妻，曰：“予独服在寝以自露厥家。” |
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