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Sui-Tang -> 黄帝阴符经 -> 11

是故圣人知自然之道不可违，	Therefore the sages, knowing that the method of spontaneity cannot be resisted,
因而制之。	take action accordingly and regulate it (for the purpose of culture).
至静之道，	The way of perfect stillness
律历所不能契。	cannot be subjected to numerical calculations;
爰有奇器，	but it would seem that there is a wonderful machinery,
是生万象。	by which all the heavenly bodies are produced,
八卦甲子，	the eight diagrams, and the sexagenary cycle;
神机鬼藏。	spirit-like springs of power, and hidden ghostlinesses;
阴阳相胜之术，	the arts of the Yin and Yang in the victories of the one over the other
昭昭乎进乎象矣。	- all these come brightly forward into visibility.

Character	Composition	Variants	Reading	Meaning	Hanyu	Kangxi	Cihai
是	日+5	昰𣆞	shì ㄕˋ	Straight. / Right, correct. / Believe accurate, affirm. / Demonstrative pronoun: this. / Be (copula). / Auxiliary word, used after moving forward the object.	v2,p1497#05	p.493#26	p.639r1c01
故	攴+5		gù ㄍㄨˋ	Cause. / State of affairs. / Event, incident. / Plot. / Old. / Past, original. / Death. / On purpose. / Originally. / Hence, thus.	v2,p1453#05	p.469#25	p.601r5c01
圣	耳+7	垩𦕡𠄵圣	shèng ㄕㄥˋ	holy, sacred; sage	v4,p2789#06	p.967#22	p.1082r6c06
人	人+0	𠔽亻	rén ㄖㄣˊ	Man, person. / Others, other people. / The people, ordinary men. / Talent, material. / [A man's] character. / Affairs of men, world of man. / Benevolence.	v1,p0101#10	p.91#01	p.80r2c01
知	矢+3	𢇻𥎿	zhī ㄓ	Know, understand. / Perception. / Recognize. / Knowledge. / Know about, make sense of. / Be friendly with. / Control, get on top of.	v4,p2581#02	p.824#01	p.955r5c02
			zhì ㄓˋ	Wisdom.
自	自+0	𦣹鼻	zì ㄗˋ	Oneself. / Begin, beginning. / From. / Originally. / Natural, naturally. / Supposing, if. / Even, even if.	v5,p3046#01	p.1000#07	p.1108r3c01
然	火+8	燃𤓉	rán ㄖㄢˊ	Burn. / Demonstrative pronoun: like this, like that. / Expresses affirmation: true, indeed so. / Believe correct, affirm. / Adverb: actually, thus. / Connective: but, however, yet. / Particle used at the end of a sentence to express comparison. Like, as if. / Particle used after an adjective or adverb to express state. / Particle used at the end of a sentence to express affirmative mode.	v3,p2213#05	p.675#12	p.852r5c01
之	丿+3	㞢	zhī ㄓ	Towards; go to. / Demonstrative pronoun: this, these. / Third person pronoun: him, her, it. / Auxiliary word: of. / Auxiliary word: used between subject and predicate, cancels independence of a clause. / Auxiliary word: used in a sentence for aesthetic purpose only, no meaning.	v1,p0043#01	p.82#04	p.47r2c02
道	辵+9	𨕥衟𡬹	dào ㄉㄠˋ	Road, path. / Journey. / Method. / Law, reason. / Doctrine, claim. / Skill, technique. / Principle, right way. / The Dao, the origin of all things in Daoism. / Speak, talk. / Take a course of action. / Take a course of action. / Rites paid to the spirit of roads. / Ancient administrative unit. / Daoism.	v6,p3864#01	p.1262#06	p.1326r3c02
			dǎo ㄉㄠˇ	Lead. / Flow smoothly.
不	一+3	不𠀚𠙐	bù ㄅㄨˋ	Not have. / To not be. / Negational adverb, used before verbs, adjectives, etc. to indicate negation. / Negational adverb expressing prohibition: do not. / Negational adverb expressing rhetorical question: is not...?	v1,p0011#06	p.76#15	p.30r1c01
			fǒu ㄈㄡˇ	Same as “否(1.2)” fǒu ㄈㄡˇ: Adverb used together with an affirmative word, expressing its negative or opposite. / Same as “否(1.3)” fǒu ㄈㄡˇ: Adverb used at the end of a question to form a yes-no question.
			fū ㄈㄨ	Sepal of a flower.
			pī ㄆㄧ	Same as “丕(1)” pī ㄆㄧ: Large.
			bǐ ㄅㄧˇ	Show disdain for.
可	口+2	歌厥	kě kè ㄎㄜˇ ㄎㄜˋ	may, can, -able; possibly	v1,p0567#07	p.172#12	p.244r1c02
违	辵+9	违	wéi huí ㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨㄟˊ	disobey, violate, defy; be apart from	v6,p3868#04	p.1262#11	p.1329r2c01
因	囗+3	囙𤇀	yīn ㄧㄣ	cause, reason; by; because (of)	v1,p0711#09	p.217#02
而	而+0		ér ㄦˊ	Whiskers. / Like, similar to. / Pronoun: you. / Pronoun: this, like this. / Connective: and, with. / Connective: and, then. / Connective: if, supposing. / Connective: yet, however. / Connective: therefore, hence. / Connective: expresses method or state. / Particle: of. / Expressive particle.	v4,p2810#01	p.961#18	p.1080r2c03
			néng ㄋㄥˊ	Same as “能(3)” néng ㄋㄥˊ: Able to, competent. / Same as “能(2.1)” néng ㄋㄥˊ: Ability, talent.
制	刀+6	𠜔𠝦𠝁𠛐制	zhì ㄓˋ	system; establish; overpower	v1,p0335#01	p.139#02	p.181r6c04
至	至+0	𦤳𦤴𦤵𡊏	zhì dié ㄓˋ ㄉㄧㄝˊ	reach, arrive; extremely, very	v4,p2814#01	p.1001#11	p.1111r3c04
静	靑+8	㣏静	jìng ㄐㄧㄥˋ	quiet, still, motionless; gentle	v6,p4049#01	p.1382#03	p.1463r3c02
律	彳+6	律	lǜ ㄌㄩˋ	statute, principle, regulation	v2,p0821#01	p.366#17	p.510r5c04
历	日+12	𢍷厤歴历历	lì ㄌㄧˋ	calendar, era	v2,p1536#02	p.500#10	p.646r5c04
所	户+4	𢨷	suǒ ㄙㄨㄛˇ	Place. / Location. / A suitable place or location. / Measure word, used for counting buldings. / Used before a verb, creates a noun-like phrase. / If. Mainly used in oaths and curses. / Used together with 为 to indicate the passive tense. / Indicates an approximate number. / Number, number of times. / Meaning.	v3,p2259#01	p.415#16	p.556r1c01
能	肉+6		néng ㄋㄥˊ	A type of bear. / Ability, talent. / Man of ability, man of talent. / Able to, competent. / Comply with, be friendly towards. / Encompass, obtain. / To, arrive at. / Then, thus. / Same as “而(4.3)” ér ㄦˊ: Connective: if, supposing. / Only, merely. / Even if. / Thus, in this way. / Three-legged turtle.	v3,p2074#01	p.981#16	p.1095r5c02
			nài ㄋㄞˋ	Withstand, endure.
			tái ㄊㄞˊ	Same as “台(1.1)” tái ㄊㄞˊ: Name of a celestial body.
			tài ㄊㄞˋ	State, form.
契	大+6	契	qì qiè xiè ㄑㄧˋ ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄝˋ	deed, contract, bond; engrave	v1,p0536#10	p.251#21	p.372r3c01
爰	爪+5		yuán ㄩㄢˊ	lead on to; therefore, then	v3,p2032#01	p.689#05	p.863r3c01
有	月+2		yǒu ㄧㄡˇ	Have, possess. / Store, collect. / Occupy. / Hold on to, retain. / Have in abundance. / Good harvest. / Obtain. / Only. / Be, exist. / Occur, happen. / Make. / Particle used before a noun with no meaning. / Particle used before a monosyllabic adjective with no meaning. / Particle used before a verb with no meaning. / Still, yet. / Some people. / Region.	v3,p2041#05	p.504#20	p.656r5c01
			yòu ㄧㄡˋ	Help, assist. / Same as “又(3)” yòu ㄧㄡˋ: Moreover.
奇	大+5	竒	qí jī ㄑㄧˊ ㄐㄧ	strange, unusual, uncanny, occult	v1,p0533#04	p.250#31	p.370r6c01
器	口+13	噐𡄛	qì ㄑㄧˋ	receptacle, vessel; instrument	v1,p0690#07	p.210#02	p.291r3c03
生	生+0	𤯓	shēng ㄕㄥ	life, living, lifetime; birth	v4,p2575#01	p.754#26	p.906r5c03
万	禸+8	万卍㸘𤍚𢁭	wàn ㄨㄢˋ	ten thousand; innumerable	v5,p3247#08	p.1042#33	p.1149r4c02
象	豕+5	𤉢𧰼	xiàng ㄒㄧㄤˋ	elephant; ivory; figure, image	v6,p3611#09	p.1195#21	p.1262r5c04
八	八+0	捌	bā ㄅㄚ	eight; all around, all sides	v1,p0241#03	p.126#26	p.147r4c03
卦	卜+6		guà ㄍㄨㄚˋ	fortune telling; tell fortunes	v1,p0094#05	p.158#13	p.224r6c01
甲	田+0	𠇚𡴌	jiǎ ㄐㄧㄚˇ	armor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem	v4,p2525#01	p.758#01	p.910r3c01
子	子+0	㜽𢀈𢀉𡐫𣕓只	zǐ ㄗˇ	Child, heir. Refers to both sons and daughters. / Love, charity. / Respectful term for a man. / People in general. / Fourth of the five levels of nobility. / First of the twelve earthly branches of the zodiac.	v2,p1006#06	p.277#01	p.395r1c01
神	示+5	神𥛠	shén shēn ㄕㄣˊ ㄕㄣ	spirit, god, supernatural being	v4,p2392#01	p.842#03
机	木+12	机	jī ㄐㄧ	machine; moment, chance	v2,p1298#04	p.554#08	p.722r4c01
鬼	鬼+0	𩲡𢇼𣆠	guǐ ㄍㄨㄟˇ	ghost; spirit of dead; devil	v7,p4427#01	p.1460#30	p.1521r5c03
藏	草+14	蔵匨	cáng zàng zāng ㄘㄤˊ ㄗㄤˋ ㄗㄤ	hide, conceal; hoard, store up	v5,p3311#11	p.1064#22	p.1173r5c01
阴	阜+8	阴隂𨹉霒侌𤽎𨽙𠊺𣱙喑	yīn yìn ān ㄧㄣㄧㄣˋ ㄢ	'female' principle; dark; secret	v6,p4138#05	p.1353#06	p.1423r2c03
阳	阜+9	昜阦氜阳𨹈𨼘𨽐𣆄	yáng ㄧㄤˊ	'male' principle; light; sun	v6,p4144#03	p.1355#15	p.1429r3c02
相	目+4		xiāng ㄒㄧㄤ	Mutual. / In succession. / Together.	v4,p2470#13	p.800#18	p.945r1c01
			xiàng ㄒㄧㄤˋ	Watch. / Appearance. / Fortune-telling by appearance. / Help, assist. / Guide for the blind. / Prime minister, most senior minister. / Ceremonial officer.
胜	力+10	𠢧𠅫𢾶胜	shèng shēng ㄕㄥˋ ㄕㄥ	victory; excel, be better than	v3,p2090#13	p.148#31	p.197r6c02
术	行+5	术	shù ㄕㄨˋ	art, skill, special feat; method, technique	v2,p0826#13	p.1109#12	p.1206r4c02
昭	日+5		zhāo ㄓㄠ	bright, luminous; illustrious	v2,p1504#09	p.493#22	p.638r2c04
乎	丿+4	宓	hū ㄏㄨ	Modal particle expressing questioning or a rhetorical question. / Modal particle expressing admiration or exclamation. / Modal particle expressing estimation. / Modal particle expressing request or order. / Modal particle expressing calling. / Modal particle expressing consideration. / Modal particle expressing affirmation. / Particle used after adjectives. / Particle used in the middle of a sentence to express a pause. / Preposition: in, from, to.	v1,p0036#08	p.82#07	p.47r3c03
进	辵+8	𨙟𨗃进	jìn ㄐㄧㄣˋ	advance, make progress, enter	v6,p3851#05	p.1259#30	p.1322r2c03
矣	矢+2	𠤘	yǐ ㄧˇ	Modal particle used to express declaration. / Modal particle used to express exclamation. / Modal particle used to express an order or request.	v4,p2580#04	p.823#37	p.955r5c01

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