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330. strive to bring about a like result.
Mien3 êrh2 chih4
Effort and cause


Mien see line 278.

Erh see line 45.

Chih is composed of 至 chih (line 94) as radical and phonetic, and 攴 p'u to tap (obsolete). It means to cause to go to, to send, etc.


331. Those who work
Yu3 wei2 chê3
Have do one


Yu see line 14.

Wei see line 24.

Chê see line 49.


332. will also succeed as he did.
I4 jo4 shih4
Also like this


I is supposed to have been a picture of a man's arms and armpits and meant to gather up as though putting under the arms. It thus came to mean also, even, however, then, etc.

Jo see line 262.

Shih is composed of 日 jih the sun as radical and phonetic, and a corruption of 正 chêng (line 326). It denotes formal existence, subjective, positive, absolute, that which is right, etc. [Eitel renders these lines "For being possessed of activity, or rather that which constitutes it, Is also sure to produce results like these."]


333. The dog keeps guard by night;
Ch'üan3 shou3 yeh4
Dog guard night


Ch'üan see line 78.