I CHING LEXICON gong1 R#:12 R: Strokes:2,4 Wade/Giles:kung1 Freq:9 duke, public, just Fenn: Public, just; a duke; male Karlgren: #475, public, common to all, just, impartial; duke; gentleman, Mr.; male Legge: (1) Public (2) Just (3) A duke, dukes. It often occurs in connexion with the name and country of the noble spoken of. The title of duke was given to nobles of every order after their death in historical narratives and allusions Wieger: #18C, Common. Division and distribution ba1 of private si1 [L89A] goods. By extension, justice in the sense of a kind, decent treatment H14L3, gong1 yong4 heng1 yu2 tian1 zi3, xiao3 ren2 fu2 ke4 Blofeld, "A prince may win rewards from his emperor, but this is beyond an ordinary man's power." Cleary: "The work of barons serves the son of heaven. Petty people are incapable of this." Legge: "shows us a feudal prince presenting his offerings to the Son of Heaven. A small man would be unequal to this." Wilhelm: "A prince offers it to the Son of Heaven. A petty man cannot do this." H14 L3 H14 L3 Image H29 COTD H30 L5 Image H40 L6 H40 L6 Image H42 L3 H42 L4 H42 L4 Image

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