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Mark the boat to find the lost sword / Ignoring the changing circumstances of the world
刻舟求劍 is an originally-Chinese proverb that serves as a warning to people that things are always in a state of change.
Thus, you must consider that and not depend on the old ways or a way that may have worked in the past but is no longer valid.
This idiom/proverb comes from the following story:
A man was traveling in a ferry boat across a river. With him, he carried a treasured sword. Along the way, the man became overwhelmed and intoxicated by the beautiful view and accidentally dropped his prized sword into the river. Thinking quickly, he pulled out a knife and marked on the rail of the boat where exactly he had lost his sword.
When the boat arrived on the other side of the river, the man jumped out of the boat and searched for his sword right under where he'd made the mark. Of course, the boat had moved a great distance since he made the mark, and thus, he could not find the sword.
While this man may seem foolhardy, we must take a great lesson from this parable: Circumstances change, so one should use methods to handle the change. In modern China, this is used in business to mean that one should not depend on old business models for a changing market.
This proverb dates back to the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BC) of the territory now known as China. It has spread and is somewhat known in Japan and Korea.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
川 see styles |
chuān chuan1 ch`uan chuan sakigawa さきがわ |
More info & calligraphy: River(suffix) the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers); (1) river; stream; (suffix) (2) the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers); (surname) Sakigawa A stream, a mountain stream; Ssu-ch'uan province. |
水 see styles |
shuǐ shui3 shui mizu(p); mi みず(P); み |
More info & calligraphy: Water(1) (み is generally used in compounds) (See 湯・ゆ・1) water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); (2) fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; (3) flood; floodwaters; (4) (みず only) {sumo} (See 力水) water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; (5) (みず only) {sumo} (See 水入り) break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout; (female given name) Yoshimi water; liquid. |
江 see styles |
jiāng jiang1 chiang kou / ko こう |
More info & calligraphy: Large River(1) (archaism) large river (esp. the Yangtze); (2) (See 琵琶湖) Lake Biwa; (given name) Minkou A river; the River, the Yangtsze. |
汾 see styles |
fén fen2 fen kawa かわ |
More info & calligraphy: Kawa(surname) Kawa |
えり see styles |
eri エリ |
More info & calligraphy: Eri |
古河 see styles |
furuko ふるこ |
More info & calligraphy: Koga |
尼羅 尼罗 see styles |
ní luó ni2 luo2 ni lo nira ナイル(P); ないる |
More info & calligraphy: Nile(kana only) Nile (river) nila, dark blue or green. |
涅瓦 see styles |
niè wǎ nie4 wa3 nieh wa |
More info & calligraphy: Neva |
羅納 罗纳 see styles |
luó nà luo2 na4 lo na |
More info & calligraphy: Rona |
連綿 连绵 see styles |
lián mián lian2 mian2 lien mien renmen れんめん |
More info & calligraphy: Unbroken(adj-t,adv-to) unbroken; uninterrupted; on and on; continuous to bind on |
尼日爾 尼日尔 see styles |
ní rì ěr ni2 ri4 er3 ni jih erh |
More info & calligraphy: Niger |
揚子江 扬子江 see styles |
yáng zǐ jiāng yang2 zi3 jiang1 yang tzu chiang yousukou / yosuko ようすこう |
More info & calligraphy: Yangtze River(See 長江) Yangtze River (China); (place-name) Yangtze River (China) |
山高水長 山高水长 see styles |
shān gāo shuǐ cháng shan1 gao1 shui3 chang2 shan kao shui ch`ang shan kao shui chang |
More info & calligraphy: High Mountain Long River |
文江學海 文江学海 see styles |
wén jiāng xué hǎi wen2 jiang1 xue2 hai3 wen chiang hsüeh hai |
More info & calligraphy: River of Literacy, Sea of Learning |
下 see styles |
xià xia4 hsia shimo しも |
down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action (1) (ant: 上・かみ・1) lower reaches (of a river); (2) bottom; lower part; (3) lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); urine; menses; (4) end; far from the imperial palace (i.e. far from Kyoto, esp. of western Japan); (can be adjective with の) (5) dirty (e.g. dirty jokes, etc.); (place-name, surname) Shimo hīna, adhara. Below, lower, inferior, low; to descend, let down, put down. |
乪 see styles |
nāng nang1 nang |
a bend in a river (Cantonese) |
俣 see styles |
mata また |
(1) crotch; crutch; groin; thigh; (2) fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork); (surname) Mata |
剅 see styles |
lóu lou2 lou |
(dialect) an opening at the bottom of a dike for letting water in or out; small channel across a river embankment; (used in place names); Taiwan pr. [dou1] |
厔 see styles |
zhì zhi4 chih |
river bent |
叉 see styles |
chǎ cha3 ch`a cha sha また |
to diverge; to open (as legs) (1) crotch; crutch; groin; thigh; (2) fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork) A fork, forked; to fold, folded. |
垠 see styles |
yín yin2 yin |
limit; border; river bank |
埔 see styles |
pǔ pu3 p`u pu |
port; flat land next to a river or ocean |
堆 see styles |
duī dui1 tui tai たい |
to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount (1) bank (river, lake); (2) (archaism) pile; heap; (personal name) Takurou A heap, a pile. |
壋 垱 see styles |
dàng dang4 tang |
(dialect) earthen dyke in a river or rice paddy (for irrigation purposes) |
套 see styles |
tào tao4 t`ao tao |
to cover; to encase; cover; sheath; to overlap; to interleave; to model after; to copy; formula; harness; loop of rope; (fig.) to fish for; to obtain slyly; classifier for sets, collections; bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names); tau (Greek letter Ττ) |
媯 妫 see styles |
guī gui1 kuei |
surname Gui; name of a river |
岔 see styles |
chà cha4 ch`a cha |
fork in road; bifurcation; branch in road, river, mountain range etc; to branch off; to turn off; to diverge; to stray (from the path); to change the subject; to interrupt; to stagger (times) |
岷 see styles |
mín min2 min |
name of a river in Sichuan |
巛 see styles |
chuān chuan1 ch`uan chuan magarikawa; magarigawa まがりかわ; まがりがわ |
archaic variant of 川[chuan1] (kana only) kanji "curving river" radical (variant of radical 47) |
投 see styles |
tóu tou2 t`ou tou tou / to とう |
to throw (something in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc); to cast (a ballot); to cast (a glance, a shadow etc); to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine); to send (a letter, a manuscript etc); to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide); to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of; (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water (1) {baseb} pitching ability; (counter) (2) {sports} counter for throws (of a javelin, bowling ball, etc.); (counter) (3) {fish} counter for casts (of a line) To cast, throw into, surrender, tender. |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Mark the boat to find the lost sword Ignoring the changing circumstances of the world | 刻舟求劍 刻舟求剑 | kokushuukyuuken kokushukyuken | kè zhōu qiú jiàn ke4 zhou1 qiu2 jian4 ke zhou qiu jian kezhouqiujian | k`o chou ch`iu chien kochouchiuchien ko chou chiu chien |
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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