I CHING LEXICON zhi1 R#:4 Strokes:3,4 Wade/Giles:chih1 Freq:202 (borr.) (indic.) this, these; him, her, it, them; to go to. Sign of genitive [marking typ. a close unchanging exclusive relationship, as in possessor or source. Apostrophe-s in English is genitive] Karlgren: #1210. Legge: (1) Of. In the construct state, the regent follows the , and the regimen precedes. They may be respectively a noun, a phrase, or a larger clause. (2) Him, her, it, them. (3) It is often difficult to find the anticedent to , and it seems merely to give an active, substantive force to the verb. (4) you3zhi1 , as in (2), but you3zhi1 and wu2zhi1 are more like our use of impersonal verbs. (5) Where comes in a sentence with wei4 , it is generally transposed ... all negative adverbs seem to exert this attractive force. (6) zhi1wei4 , it is called. wei4zhi1 is different, and comes under (2). ... Wieger #79B, A small plant ... ascending from the ground; to grow; the idea of development, of progress, of continuity. It is now used jiajie4 [borrowed] as the sign of the genitive, as an expletive, etc. Wilder: #614. H5L6, jing4 zhi1 zhong1 ji2 Blofeld: "to honor them will ultimately bring good fortune." Legge: "If he receive them respectfully, there will be good fortune in the end." Wilhelm: "Honor them, and in the end there will be good fortune." Great Learning, Commentary, Ch3, 19, , Legge, "There is a great course also for the production of wealth. Let the producers be many and the consumers few" H1 WY H1 WY H1 L1 WY H1 L2 WY H1 L3 WY H1 L6 WY

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