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2. Live For The Day / Seize The Day
3. Live In The Moment / Live In The Now
4. Past experience is the teacher for the future
5. Rago
今を生きる is a Japanese phrase that can be translated as “live for the day,” “live for the moment,” “seize the day,” or “make the most of the present.”
You can think of this as the Japanese version of “Carpe Diem.”
Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
現世 is a very short way to write “live in the moment” or “live in the now” in Japanese.
This short word is open to interpretation. It's used in Japanese Buddhism to mean “the current epoch” or “the current age” (the current age is but a brief moment in the greater scope of existence). In that context, this is pronounced “utsushiyo” or “ustusiyo” in Japanese. Otherwise, it's pronounced “gensei” in Japanese.
Other translation possibilities include:
Note: This is also a word in Chinese and old Korean Hanja. While the meaning is more or less the same, this is not recommended for a wall scroll if your audience is Chinese or Korean. This selection is best if your audience is Japanese.
Past events not forgotten serve as teachers for later events.
The most literal translation to English of this ancient 前事不忘后事之师 Chinese proverb is:
“Past events not forgotten serve as teachers for later events.”
However, it's been translated several ways:
Don't forget past events, they can guide you in the future.
Benefit from past experience.
Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
Past calamity is my teacher.
A good memory for the past is a teacher for the future.
The remembrance of the past is the teacher of the future.
If one remembers the lessons of the past; They will serve as a guide to avoid mistakes in the future.
The origin:
This proverb comes from the 5th century B.C., just before the Warring States Period in the territory now known as China.
The head of the State of Jin, Zhi Bo, seized power in a coup. He did this with help from the armies of the State of Han and Wei. Instead of being grateful for the help from Han and Wei, he treacherously took the land of Han and Wei. Never satisfied, Zhi Bo employed the armies of Han and Wei to attack and seize the State of Zhao.
The king of Zhao took advice from his minister Zhang Mengtan and secretly contacted the Han and Wei armies to reverse their plans and attack the army of Zhi Bo instead. The plan was successful, and the State of Zhao was not only saved but was set to become a powerful kingdom in the region.
Zhang Mengtan immediately submitted his resignation to a confused king of Zhao. When asked why, Zhang Mengtan said, “I've done my duty to save my kingdom, but looking back at past experience, I know sovereign kings are never satisfied with the power or land at hand. They will join others and fight for more power and more land. I must learn from past experiences, as those experiences are the teachers of future events.”
The king could not dispute the logic in that statement and accepted Zhang Mengtan's resignation.
For generations, the State of Zhao continued to fight for power and land until finally defeated and decimated by the State of Qin (which led to the birth of the Qin Dynasty in 221 B.C.).
This is a Japanese personal name, Rago.
The meaning can be the intersection of the Moon's orbit with the ecliptic in Vedic astronomy (from Sanskrit Rāhu).
In Buddhist context, this can be, “the demon who is supposed to seize the sun and moon and thus cause eclipses.”
This is a variant of the Chinese 羅睺. It can also be written 羅護 or 羅虎. If you need the more ancient Chinese version, just let me know.
These search terms might be related to Seize:
Do Not Take Action Until the Time is Right
Relax / Take It Easy
Take Refuge in the Three Treasures
Take Up a Challenge
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your seize search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
乘勢 乘势 see styles |
chéng shì cheng2 shi4 ch`eng shih cheng shih |
More info & calligraphy: Strike While the Iron is Hot |
今を生きる see styles |
imaoikiru いまをいきる |
More info & calligraphy: Live For The Day / Seize The Day |
劫 see styles |
jié jie2 chieh kou; gou; kou / ko; go; ko こう; ごう; コウ |
to rob; to plunder; to seize by force; to coerce; calamity; abbr. for kalpa 劫波[jie2 bo1] (1) (こう, ごう only) {Buddh} kalpa (eon, aeon); (2) (kana only) {go} (usu. コウ) ko; position that allows for eternal capture and recapture of the same stones 刧 A kalpa, aeon, age; also translit. ka; 'a fabulous period of time, a day of Brahmā or 1, 000 Yugas, a period of four hundred and thirty-two million years of mortals, measuring the duration of the world; (a month of Brahmā is supposed to contain thirty such kalpas; according to the Mahābhārata twelve months of Brahmā constitute his year, and one hundred such years his lifetime; fifty years of Brahmā are supposed to have elapsed... ).' M. W. An aeon of incalculable time, therefore called a 大時節 great time-node. v. 劫波.; The three asaṃkhyeya kalpas, the three countless aeons, the period of a bodhisattva's development; also the past 莊嚴劫, the present 賢劫, and the future 星宿劫 kalpas. There are other groups. 三劫三千佛 The thousand Buddhas in each of the three kalpas. |
執 执 see styles |
zhí zhi2 chih shuu / shu しゅう |
to execute (a plan); to grasp (archaism) attachment; obsession; persistence; (male given name) Mamoru grah, grabh ; graha. To seize, grasp, hold on to, maintain; obstinate. |
奪 夺 see styles |
duó duo2 to datsu |
to seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of; to compete or strive for; to force one's way through; to leave out; to lose Snatch, carry off, take by force; decide. |
抄 see styles |
chāo chao1 ch`ao chao shou / sho しょう |
to make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize; to raid; to grab; to go off with; to take a shortcut; to make a turning move; to fold one's arms (1) (obsolete) excerpt; extract; (2) annotation; (3) shou (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml); (female given name) Shou extract and annotate from a text |
拔 see styles |
bá ba2 pa batsu |
to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction; to select; to pick; to stand out (above level); to surpass; to seize Pull up, or out; raise. |
拘 see styles |
jū ju1 chü ku |
to capture; to restrain; to constrain; to adhere rigidly to; inflexible Seize, take, arrest; translit. k sounds, cf. 巨, 矩, 倶, 憍. |
拿 see styles |
ná na2 na |
to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object) |
捕 see styles |
bǔ bu3 pu fu |
to catch; to seize; to capture Arrest, catch. |
捽 see styles |
zuó zuo2 tso |
to seize; Taiwan pr. [zu2] |
揪 see styles |
jiū jiu1 chiu |
to seize; to clutch; to grab firmly and pull |
搏 see styles |
bó bo2 po |
to fight; to combat; to seize; (of heart) to beat |
搴 see styles |
qiān qian1 ch`ien chien |
to seize; to pull; to hold up the hem of clothes |
摰 see styles |
niè nie4 nieh |
to seize with the hand; to grasp; to advance; to breakdown |
據 据 see styles |
jù ju4 chü ko |
according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on; to seize; to occupy To lay hold of, tangible, evidential, according to. |
攓 see styles |
qiān qian1 ch`ien chien |
variant of 搴[qian1], to seize |
攘 see styles |
rǎng rang3 jang |
(literary) to push up one's sleeves; (literary) to reject; to resist; (literary) to seize; to steal; (literary) to perturb; Taiwan pr. [rang2] |
攫 see styles |
jué jue2 chüeh |
to seize; to snatch; to grab |
攬 揽 see styles |
lǎn lan3 lan ran |
to monopolize; to seize; to take into one's arms; to embrace; to fasten (with a rope etc); to take on (responsibility etc); to canvass To seize, hold in the arms, embrace; monopolize. |
獲 获 see styles |
huò huo4 huo gyaku |
(literary) to catch; to capture; (literary) to get; to obtain; to win To catch, seize, obtain, recover. 獲得. |
篡 see styles |
cuàn cuan4 ts`uan tsuan |
to seize; to usurp |
繳 缴 see styles |
jiǎo jiao3 chiao |
to hand in; to hand over; to seize |
逮 see styles |
dài dai4 tai tai |
(literary) to arrest; to seize; to overtake; until To reach, catch up, until, when, wait for. |
鈔 钞 see styles |
chāo chao1 ch`ao chao sō しょう |
money; paper money; variant of 抄[chao1] (1) (obsolete) excerpt; extract; (2) annotation; (3) shou (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml) A voucher, banknote, paper-money, taxes; to pinch up, take up; to seize all, sequestrate; to copy, transcribe, extract. |
乘隙 see styles |
chéng xì cheng2 xi4 ch`eng hsi cheng hsi |
to seize an opportunity; to exploit (a loophole) |
佔領 占领 see styles |
zhàn lǐng zhan4 ling3 chan ling |
to capture; to seize; to occupy by force |
借勢 借势 see styles |
jiè shì jie4 shi4 chieh shih |
to borrow sb's authority; to seize an opportunity |
借機 借机 see styles |
jiè jī jie4 ji1 chieh chi |
to seize the opportunity |
劫奪 劫夺 see styles |
jié duó jie2 duo2 chieh to kōdatsu |
to seize by force; to abduct to plunder |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Carpe Diem Seize the Day | 把握今日 | bǎ wò jīn rì ba3 wo4 jin1 ri4 ba wo jin ri bawojinri | pa wo chin jih pawochinjih |
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Live For The Day Seize The Day | 今を生きる | ima wo i ki ru imawoikiru | ||
Live In The Moment Live In The Now | 現世 现世 | gen sei / gensei | xiàn shì / xian4 shi4 / xian shi / xianshi | hsien shih / hsienshih |
Past experience is the teacher for the future | 前事不忘后事之師 前事不忘后事之师 | qián shì bú wàng hòu shí zhī shī qian2 shi4 bu2 wang4 hou4 shi2 zhi1 shi1 qian shi bu wang hou shi zhi shi | ch`ien shih pu wang hou shih chih shih chien shih pu wang hou shih chih shih |
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Rago | 羅喉 | ragou / rago | luó hóu / luo2 hou2 / luo hou / luohou | lo hou / lohou |
Strike While the Iron is Hot | 乘勢 乘势 | chéng shì cheng2 shi4 cheng shi chengshi | ch`eng shih chengshih cheng shih |
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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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