<p>The sentence you quoted is actually explaining/supplementing the sentence "明夷于南狩，得其大首，不可疾貞。" which means (approximately) "to go south to for war, capturing/killing the bad leader, in a righteous manner".</p>

<p>As a result, such "志" is considered "大得".</p>

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2015-10-21T16:12:41.257Z
2015-10-21T16:12:41.257Z
Henry HO
<p>Regarding 狩, @倪阔乐 's answer is not correct. </p>

<p>According to explaination from <a href="http://www.zdic.net/z/1e/js/72E9.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.zdic.net/z/1e/js/72E9.htm</a> , it means hunting in winter, and especially means burn woods to force animals run away indeed easy for hunting.  </p>

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2015-10-21T15:19:03.737Z
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thinwa
<p>A random phrase from 周易 is 南狩之志，乃大得也. I tried to translate it using the following thoughts.</p>

<ul>
<li><p>乃 is probably a conjunction and renders to "in fact, actually" to stress something not as expected.</p></li>
<li><p>大得 rendered to "big gain, big achievement"</p></li>
<li><p>志 rendered to "will, determination,intention"</p></li>
<li><p>狩   is somehow problematic, I found "to go for a hunt in the winter", 
   but I am not sure, if it only is limited to "winterhunting".</p></li>
</ul>

<p>So, my translation is:</p>

<p><strong>The determination to hunt in the winter in the south is actually a big achievement.</strong> </p>

<p>I am not sure if I got the sentence verbatim right, but if it is so , is the sentence irony or sarcasm, because winter hunting in the south is considered paradoxically? like saying "gone fishing to the sahara" </p>

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Is the phrase 南狩之志，乃大得也 ironically ?
# Is the phrase 南狩之志，乃大得也 ironically ?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-10-13)

A random phrase from 周易 is 南狩之志，乃大得也. I tried to translate it using the following thoughts.

* 乃 is probably a conjunction and renders to "in fact, actually" to stress something not as expected.
* 大得 rendered to "big gain, big achievement"
* 志 rendered to "will, determination,intention"
* 狩 is somehow problematic, I found "to go for a hunt in the winter",
  but I am not sure, if it only is limited to "winterhunting".

So, my translation is:

**The determination to hunt in the winter in the south is actually a big achievement.**

I am not sure if I got the sentence verbatim right, but if it is so , is the sentence irony or sarcasm, because winter hunting in the south is considered paradoxically? like saying "gone fishing to the sahara"

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-10-21. Score: 1

The sentence you quoted is actually explaining/supplementing the sentence "明夷于南狩，得其大首，不可疾貞。" which means (approximately) "to go south to for war, capturing/killing the bad leader, in a righteous manner".

As a result, such "志" is considered "大得".


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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-10-21. Score: 1

Regarding 狩, @倪阔乐 's answer is not correct.

According to explaination from <http://www.zdic.net/z/1e/js/72E9.htm> , it means hunting in winter, and especially means burn woods to force animals run away indeed easy for hunting.


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