| roots | pinyin, English |
| ?? |
tú gông fán (child being born, clasped hands, winnowing shovel) |
| synonyms | |
| 廢 | fèi : abandon |
| 絕 | júe : reject |
| 19:01, 03, 05 | 27:10, 12 | 62:08 | |
| abandon | W1, VM, CM, DC, DH, PI, DLab | W1a, L1, FE, L2a, VM, RPa, GR, DCb, DH, PI, DL | JL, L1, L2, FE, RP, DC, DH, DL |
| abject | WO | ||
| cast away | JL | W1, JS, PI | |
| deny | CM | ||
| discard | CM | EC, GR | |
| exclude(-d) | C1 | C1 | |
| get rid of | C1b, AH | AH | |
| give up | PCc, C1c | ||
| let slip | AW | ||
| outcast | PC | ||
| put away | PCab | ||
| reject (-ed, -s) | GR | LY, WC, EC, RH, AL, AH | LY, WC, RH, VM, AL |
| relinquish | C1a | ||
| renounce | FE | ||
| throw away | WO, RH, WW | WO, PC, WW | |
| thrown overboard | WWa | ||
| tossed away | WWb | ||
| turn his back on | AW | ||
| useless | DCa | ||
| wasted | W1b | ||
| [omits] | RP | RPb |
I originally had three words I had for 'qì²': 'discard', 'reject', and 'shed'. The first seems best for all cases, while 'reject' was moved to 'júe'. I was tempted from their radicals to go with 'scrap' and 'dump' for 'júe' and 'qì²', and I still find those words accurate, if not subtle.
19:01, 02, 05: RP combines 'jue' and 'qi' into one term, 'get rid of'. WW modifies the first use as 'throw away ... as you would dust from a dustpan', but does not repeat it for the other lines. In the next example, it is 'thrown overboard', and in the last it is 'throw away' 'like tossing out trash with both hands'; so despite claiming novel insight with etymological excavation, WW is wildly inconsistent.
27:10, 12: LY modifies the first line as 'rejected (useless)', but does not repeat it for the second line. JS substitutes positives 'prospers' and 'fulfilled' for the negatives.
62:o8: JL, W1, FE, C1, DH, JS omit the question. JS expands this passage with invented repetitions and intrusions.