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jì³ : since (exhaust)
既
| roots | pinyin, English |
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皀旡
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bï kernel, jì choke
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名亦既有
32:11 míng yì³ jì³ yôu
Names continue since having them
| As soon as there are names | L1, AW, WC |
| once there are names | L2, VM, EC |
| But once names have been assigned | AH |
| Since there were names | LY |
| After we have names | RP |
| After names arise | C1 |
| once names arise | DH |
| Are there no enough names now? | W1 |
| there are already enough names | FE |
| As soon as there are set names | RH |
| Names too reach existence | WO |
| Names lead to more names | AL |
| Since there are already plenty of names | CM |
| When once there are names | JL |
| Whenever the nameable in its turn acquires existence | PC |
| and when names are already at hand | WW |
| Names came to exist everywhere | DL |
| Now that there are names | PI |
| Since names already proliferate | DC |
用之不足既
35:11 yòng zhï bù zú jì³
Using it is not enough to exhaust it
| inexhaustible | AH, JL, PC, VM, EC, AW, WC, DC |
| cannot be exhausted | L1, FE, CM, DL |
| used up | RH, DH, AL, WW |
| its supply never fails | LY |
| find no end | WO |
| depleted | C1 |
| never run dry | PI |
既得其母 | 既知其子
52:03 jì³ dé¹ qí mû | 52:05 jì³ zhï¹ qí zî
Since you get to its mother | Since knowing its child
| Once, " | AL, DH, DC |
| When you know, After you have known | L1 |
| have to have gotten to, once you have understood | AH |
| From the, After knowing the | LY |
| Who knows, who understands | RP |
| Having attained [compacts] | RH |
| When one is aware, " | C1 |
| After you have got, After you have known | L2 |
| When, " | JL |
| As, " | PC |
| Whosoever, " | WO |
| Knowing, " | FE, CM, PI |
| Having realized, Knowing | VM |
| Having, Knowing | DL |
| Having, " | EC |
| By knowing, " | JS |
| Having known, " | W1 |
| He who apprehends, And he who has known | AW |
| He who has, And having | WC |
既以爲人 | 既以與人
81:08 jì³ yî wéi rén | 81:10 jì³ yî yû rén
Since he does for men | Since he gives to men
| The more one does, The more one gives | RP, DL, C1, WO, LG, JL, PC, VM, DH, W1, FE, PI |
| Having, " | L1, H1, EC |
| The more they have | AH |
| He lives, He gives | LY |
| By | AL |
| She gives [compacted] | CM |
| As much as [compacted] | WW |
| The more he benefits others, The mre gives away | DC |
| When, " | AW |
| The more he uses for others, [omits] | WC |
It is hard to justify discrepant translations for 52 and 81, given their same structure and parallelism: [ji] verb subordinate clause. EC is one of the few consistent ones, but "having" is a shade too weak. This is confounded by the fact that English seems to want to compel the easy choices in slightly different directions, but that is just a matter of common usage. I settled on "since" as the best compromise. Retained "since" for 32 but strange construction . 35 is the outlier. It may be an old homography, but also likely a transcription error, though old and retained.
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