I CHING LEXICON ke3 R#:30 R: Strokes:2,5 Wade/Giles:k'ê(k )3 Freq:47 (aggr.) to permit, be able, may, can Legge: As in English, the may may represent possibility, ability, liberty, or moral power, so with . It is found continually in the combination = may (seldom, if ever, can ), where we cannot assign much distinctive force to the . ke3ye3 is concessive, but does not indicate entire approval... Wieger: #58-I, to send forth kou3 a breathing of approbation; to express one's satisfaction; to be willing, to permit, to consent, to admire. Wilder: #54, #152. H1 image, all nines, tian1 de2 bu4 ke3 wei2 shou3 ye3 Legge: "the attribute of heaven (thereby denoted) should not (always) take the foremost place." Wilhelm: "It is the nature of heaven not to appear as head." H1 Image H1 L1 WY H1 L3 WY H1 L6 WY H2 L3 H2 L3 Image H3 L6 Image H6 COTD H6 L1 Image

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