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孔子

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kǒng zǐ
    kong3 zi3
k`ung tzu
    kung tzu
 yoshiko
    よしこ

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Confucius
Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]
(person) Confucius; (female given name) Yoshiko
Confucius

孟子

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mèng zǐ
    meng4 zi3
meng tzu
 motoko
    もとこ

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Mencius
Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius; book of the same name, one of the classics of Confucianism
(1) Mencius (372-289 BCE); Mengzi; (2) (See 四書) Mencius (one of the Four Books); (female given name) Motoko
Mengzi

日蓮


日莲

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rì lián
    ri4 lian2
jih lien
 nichiren
    にちれん

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Nichiren
(given name) Nichiren; (person) Nichiren (Buddhist priest, 1222-82, founder of the Nichiren sect)
Nichiren, the Japanese founder, in A. D. 1252, of the 日蓮宗 Nichiren sect, which is also known as the 法華宗 or Lotus sect. Its chief tenets are the three great mysteries 三大祕法, representing the trikāya: (1) 本尊 or chief object of worship, being the great maṇḍala of the worlds of the ten directions, or universe, i. e. the body or nirmāṇakāya of Buddha; (2) 題目 the title of the Lotus Sutra 妙法蓮華經 Myo-ho-ren-gwe-kyo, preceded by Namo, or, 'Adoration to the scripture of the lotus of the wonderful law, ' for it is Buddha's spiritual body; (3) 戒壇 the altar of the law, which is also the title of the Lotus as above; the believer, wherever he is, dwells in the Pure-land of calm light 寂光淨土, the saṃbhogakāya.

禪宗


禅宗

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chán zōng
    chan2 zong1
ch`an tsung
    chan tsung
 Zenshū

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Zen Buddhism
Zen Buddhism
The Chan, meditative or intuitional, sect usually said to have been established in China by Bodhidharma, v. 達, the twenty-eighth patriarch, who brought the tradition of the Buddha-mind from India. Cf. 楞 13 Laṅkāvatāra sūtra. This sect, believing in direct enlightenment, disregarded ritual and sūtras and depended upon the inner light and personal influence for the propagation of its tenets, founding itself on the esoteric tradition supposed to have been imparted to Kāśyapa by the Buddha, who indicated his meaning by plucking a flower without further explanation. Kāśyapa smiled in apprehension and is supposed to have passed on this mystic method to the patriarchs. The successor of Bodhidharma was 慧可 Huike, and he was succeeded by 僧璨 Sengcan; 道信 Daoxin; 弘忍 Hongren; 慧能 Huineng, and 神秀 Shenxiu, the sect dividing under the two latter into the southern and northern schools: the southern school became prominent, producing 南嶽 Nanyue and 靑原 Qingyuan, the former succeeded by 馬祖 Mazu, the latter by 石頭 Shitou. From Mazu's school arose the five later schools, v. 禪門.

聖人


圣人

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shèng rén
    sheng4 ren2
sheng jen
 masato
    まさと

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Holy Man / Saint
sage; the Sage (i.e. Confucius); (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty; (religion) saint
(1) {Christn} saint; (2) (orig. meaning) wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; sage; (3) (See 清酒) refined sake; (male given name) Masato
is the opposite of the 凡人 common, or unenlightened man.

聖誕


圣诞

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shèng dàn
    sheng4 dan4
sheng tan
 shōtan

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Christmas
Christmas; birthday of reigning Emperor; Confucius' birthday
emperor's birthday

釋迦牟尼


释迦牟尼

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shì jiā móu ní
    shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2
shih chia mou ni
 Shakamuni

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Shakyamuni / The Buddha
Shakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama)
釋迦文 (釋迦文尼); 釋伽文 Śākyamuni, the saint of the Śākya tribe. muni is saint, holy man, sage, ascetic monk; it is: intp. as 仁 benevolent, charitable, kind, also as 寂默 one who dwells in seclusion. After '500 or 550' previous incarnations, Śākyamuni finally attained to the state of Bodhisattva, was born in the Tuṣita heaven, and descended as a white elephant, through her right side, into the womb of the immaculate Māyā, the purest woman on earth; this was on the 8th day of the 4th month; next year on the 8th day of the 2nd month he was born from her right side painlessly as she stood under a tree in the Lumbinī garden. For the subsequent miraculous events v. Eitel. also the 神通遊戲經 (Lalitavistara), the 釋迦如來成道記, etc. Simpler statements say that he was born the son of Śuddhodana, of the kṣatriya caste, ruler of Kapilavastu, and Māyā his wife; that Māyā died seven days later, leaving him to be brought up by her sister Prājapati; that in due course he was married to Yaśodharā who bore him a son, Rāhula; that in search of truth he left home, became an ascetic, severely disciplined himself, and finally at 35 years of age, under a tree, realized that the way of release from the chain of rebirth and death lay not in asceticism but in moral purity; this he explained first in his four dogmas, v. 四諦 and eightfold noble way 八正道, later amplified and developed in many sermons. He founded his community on the basis of poverty, chastity, and insight or meditation, ad it became known as Buddhism, as he became known as Buddha, the enlightened. His death was probably in or near 487 B.C., a few years before that of Confucius in 479. The sacerdotal name of his family is Gautama, said to be the original name of the whole clan, Śākya being that of his branch, v. 瞿, 喬.; his personal name was Siddhārtha, or Sarvārthasiddha, v. 悉.

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qiū
    qiu1
ch`iu
    chiu
 tsukasa
    つかさ
mound; hillock; grave; classifier for fields
(archaism) mound; hill; (1) hill; height; knoll; rising ground; (2) (mahj) (kana only) bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game; (female given name) Tsukasa
A mound, a plot; personal name of Confucius.

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kǒng
    kong3
k`ung
    kung
 tooru
    とおる
hole; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for cave dwellings
(n,n-suf) (1) hole; (2) deficit; shortage; missing person (in a team, meeting, etc.); (3) vacancy; opening; (4) flaw; (5) profitable place (or item, etc.) not well known by others; (6) upset victory (with a large payoff); (7) (slang) pit (of a theater); (8) (archaism) hiding place; (9) (archaism) underbelly (of society, etc.); (given name) Tooru
A hole: surname of Confucius; great, very; a peacock.

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zōu
    zou1
tsou
birthplace of Confucius in Shandong

七賢


七贤

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qī xián
    qi1 xian2
ch`i hsien
    chi hsien
 shichiken
    しちけん
(1) (See 七賢人) the Seven Wise Men (of Confucius's Analects); (2) (See 竹林の七賢) Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove
(七賢位) Also七方便位, 七加行位 The seven grades or steps in virtue preceding the entry into見道faultless wisdom, or faultlessness in its first realization. These seven are preliminary to the七聖 (七聖位). Both are grades of the倶舍 Kośa school of Hīnayāna.

三戒

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sān jiè
    san1 jie4
san chieh
 sankai
    さんかい
(1) (from the Analects of Confucius) three lifetime commandments (youth's femininity, middle-aged struggle, old-age gain); (2) {Buddh} three categories of precepts (lay, ordination, moral)
The three sets of commandments, i.e. the ten for the ordained who have left home, the eight for the devout at home, and the five for the ordinary laity.

三聖


三圣

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sān shèng
    san1 sheng4
san sheng
 misato
    みさと
(1) three enlightened men (Buddha, Confucius and Christ; Lao-tzu, Confucius and Buddha; etc.); three sages; three virtuous men; (2) the three most accomplished people (of a particular craft or trade); (female given name) Misato
The three sages, or holy ones, of whom there are several groups. The 華嚴Huayan have Vairocana in the center with Mañjuśrī on his left and Samantabhadra on his right. The 彌陀 Mituo or Pure-land sect, have Amitābha in the center, with Avalokiteśvara on his left and Mahāsthāmaprāpta on his right. The Tiantai use the term for the 藏, 別, and 圓教v. 三教.

二執


二执

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èr zhí
    er4 zhi2
erh chih
 nishū
The two (erroneous) tenets, or attachments: (1) 我執 or 人執 that of the reality of the ego, permanent personality, the ātman, soul or self. (2) 法執 that of the reality of dharma, things or phenomena. Both are illusions. "All illusion arises from holding to the reality of the ego and of things."

仲尼

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zhòng ní
    zhong4 ni2
chung ni
 chuuji / chuji
    ちゅうじ
courtesy name for Confucius 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]
(person) Zhongni (courtesy name of Confucius)

仲父

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zhòng fù
    zhong4 fu4
chung fu
father's younger brother; (sometimes used to refer to Confucius)

儒家

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rú jiā
    ru2 jia1
ju chia
 juka
    じゅか
Confucian school, founded by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] (551-479 BC) and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3] (c. 372-c. 289 BC)
Confucianist

先聖


先圣

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xiān shèng
    xian1 sheng4
hsien sheng
 sensei / sense
    せんせい
ancient sage (esp. Confucius)
sages of yore

八佾

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 hachiitsu / hachitsu
    はちいつ
(work) Ba Yi (third chapter of the Analects of Confucius)

十哲

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 jittetsu; juttetsu(ik)
    じってつ; じゅってつ(ik)
ten great disciples (e.g. of Basho, Confucius, etc.)

四執


四执

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sì zhí
    si4 zhi2
ssu chih
 shishū
The four erroneous tenets; also 四邪; 四迷; 四術; there are two groups: I. The four of the 外道 outsiders, or non-Buddhists, i. e. of Brahminism, concerning the law of cause and effect: (1) 邪因邪果 heretical theory of causation, e. g. creation by Mahesvara; (2) 無因有果 or 自然, effect independent of cause, e. g. creation without a cause, or spontaneous generation; (3) 有因無果 cause without effect, e. g. no future life as the result of this. (4) 無因無果 neither cause nor effect, e. g. that rewards and punishments are independent of morals. II. The four erroneous tenets of 內外道 insiders and outsiders, Buddhist and Brahman, also styled 四宗 the four schools, as negated in the 中論 Mādhyamika śāstra: (1) outsiders, who do not accept either the 人 ren or 法 fa ideas of 空 kong; (2) insiders who hold the Abhidharma or Sarvāstivādāḥ tenet, which recognizes 人空 human impersonality, but not 法空 the unreality of things; (3) also those who hold the 成實 Satyasiddhi tenet which discriminates the two meanings of 空 kong but not clearly; and also (4) those in Mahāyāna who hold the tenet of the realists.

四書


四书

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sì shū
    si4 shu1
ssu shu
 shisho
    ししょ
Four Books, namely: the Great Learning 大學|大学, the Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, the Analects of Confucius 論語|论语, and Mencius 孟子
the Four Books (Confucian texts)

四聖


四圣

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sì shèng
    si4 sheng4
ssu sheng
 shisei / shise
    しせい
the four great sages (Buddha, Christ, Confucius, Socrates)
The four kinds of holy men— śrāvakas, pratyekabuddhas, bodhisattvas, and Buddhas. Also, the four chief disciples of Kumārajīva, i. e. 道生 Daosheng, 僧肇 Sengzhao, 道融 Daorong, and 僧叡 Sengrui.

外法

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wài fǎ
    wai4 fa3
wai fa
 sotonori
    そとのり
outside measurements
外教; 外典; 外執 External doctrines; rules or tenets non-Buddhist, or heretical.

夫子

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fū zǐ
    fu1 zi3
fu tzu
 tsumako
    つまこ
Master (old form of address for teachers, scholars); (used sarcastically) pedant
(1) (honorific or respectful language) (term of address formerly used in China) teacher; wise man; sage; master; (2) (honorific or respectful language) (See 孔子) Confucius; (3) the person concerned; you; he; she; (female given name) Tsumako

妄執


妄执

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wàng zhí
    wang4 zhi2
wang chih
 mōjū
    もうしゅう
(Buddhist term) deep-rooted delusion; firm conviction (based on incorrect beliefs)
False tenets, holding on to false views.

子曰

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zǐ yuē
    zi3 yue1
tzu yüeh
Confucius says:

子貢


子贡

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zǐ gòng
    zi3 gong4
tzu kung
 shikou / shiko
    しこう
Zi Gong or Duanmu Ci 端木賜|端木赐[Duan1 mu4 Ci4] (520 BC-), disciple of Confucius
(personal name) Shikou

子路

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zǐ lù
    zi3 lu4
tzu lu
 shiro
    しろ
Zi Lu (542-480 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3], also known as Ji Lu 季路[Ji4 Lu4]
(personal name) Shiro

孔丘

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kǒng qiū
    kong3 qiu1
k`ung ch`iu
    kung chiu
Confucius

孔墨

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 kouboku / koboku
    こうぼく
(rare) Confucius and Mozi (ancient Chinese philosophers)

孔孟

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kǒng mèng
    kong3 meng4
k`ung meng
    kung meng
 koumou / komo
    こうもう
Confucius and Mencius
Confucius and Mencius

孔教

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kǒng jiào
    kong3 jiao4
k`ung chiao
    kung chiao
Teaching of Confucius; Confucianism

孔林

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kǒng lín
    kong3 lin2
k`ung lin
    kung lin
the Confucius family mausoleum at Qufu 曲阜, rebuilt and extended by every dynasty

孔道

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kǒng dào
    kong3 dao4
k`ung tao
    kung tao
opening providing access; the teaching of Confucius

孔門


孔门

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kǒng mén
    kong3 men2
k`ung men
    kung men
 koumon / komon
    こうもん
Confucius' school (i.e. his direct disciples)
disciple of Confucius; Confucian school

孔院

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kǒng yuàn
    kong3 yuan4
k`ung yüan
    kung yüan
Confucius Institute (abbr. for 孔子學院|孔子学院[Kong3 zi3 Xue2 yuan4])

季路

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jì lù
    ji4 lu4
chi lu
Ji Lu (542-480 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3], also known as 子路[Zi3 Lu4]

宗乘

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zōng shèng
    zong1 sheng4
tsung sheng
 sō jō
The vehicle of a sect, i. e. its essential tenets.

宗分

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zōng fēn
    zong1 fen1
tsung fen
 sōbun
distinctions in tenets

宗旨

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zōng zhǐ
    zong1 zhi3
tsung chih
 shuushi / shushi
    しゅうし
objective; aim; goal
(1) tenets (of a religious sect); doctrines; (2) (religious) sect; denomination; religion; faith; (3) one's principles; one's tastes; one's preferences
The main thesis, or ideas, e. g. of a text.

宗義


宗义

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zōng yì
    zong1 yi4
tsung i
 muneyoshi
    むねよし
denominational doctrine; doctrine of a sect; (male given name) Muneyoshi
The tenets of a sect.

宗致

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zōng zhì
    zong1 zhi4
tsung chih
 shūchi
The ultimate or fundamental tenets of a sect.

宗要

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zōng yào
    zong1 yao4
tsung yao
 shūyō
The fundamental tenets of a sect; the important elements, or main principle.

宗趣

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zōng qù
    zong1 qu4
tsung ch`ü
    tsung chü
 shūshu
doctrinal tenets

宗骨

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zōng gǔ
    zong1 gu3
tsung ku
 shūkotsu
The 'bones' or essential tenets of a sect.

宰予

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zǎi yú
    zai3 yu2
tsai yü
 saiyo
    さいよ
Zai Yu (522-458 BC), disciple of Confucius
(personal name) Saiyo

家語


家语

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jiā yǔ
    jia1 yu3
chia yü
The School Sayings of Confucius (abbr. for 孔子家語|孔子家语[Kong3 zi3 Jia1 yu3])

尼甫

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 jiho
    じほ
Confucius

教外

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jiào wài
    jiao4 wai4
chiao wai
 kyōge
Outside the sect, or school, or church; also not undergoing normal instruction i.e. the intuitive school which does not rely on texts or writings, but on personal communication of its tenets, either oral or otherwise, including direct contact with the Buddha or object of worship, e.g. 'guidance'.

書經


书经

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shū jīng
    shu1 jing1
shu ching
 Sho kyō
the Book of History, one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1], a compendium of documents which make up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the time of Confucius, also known as 尚書經|尚书经[Shang4 shu1 jing1], 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], 書|书[Shu1]
Book of History

曾参

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 soushin / soshin
    そうしん
(person) Zengzi (disciple of Confucius)

曾參


曾参

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zēng shēn
    zeng1 shen1
tseng shen
Zeng Shen (505-435 BC), a.k.a. 曾子[Zeng1 zi3], student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学[Da4 xue2]
See: 曾参

曾子

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zēng zǐ
    zeng1 zi3
tseng tzu
 soko
    そこ
Zengzi (505-435 BC), student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学[Da4 xue2]
(surname) Soko

獲麟

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 kakurin
    かくりん
(1) (archaism) the end of things (esp. used for one's last writings); (2) one's dying hour (esp. used for the death of Confucius)

破執


破执

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pò zhí
    po4 zhi2
p`o chih
    po chih
 hashū
To refute (false) tenets, e.g. the belief in the reality of the ego and things.

祭孔

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jì kǒng
    ji4 kong3
chi k`ung
    chi kung
to offer sacrifices to Confucius

聖像


圣像

see styles
shèng xiàng
    sheng4 xiang4
sheng hsiang
 seizou / sezo
    せいぞう
(old) image of Confucius; holy image (of Buddha or Jesus Christ etc)
(noun - becomes adjective with の) sacred image; icon

聖廟


圣庙

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shèng miào
    sheng4 miao4
sheng miao
 seibyou / sebyo
    せいびょう
shrine to a sage (esp. Confucius)
Confucian temple

聖教


圣教

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shèng jiào
    sheng4 jiao4
sheng chiao
 seikyou / sekyo
    せいきょう
(1) sacred teachings (esp. of Confucius); Confucianism; (2) Christianity; (3) Buddhism; (personal name) Seikyō
The teaching of the sage, or holy one; holy teaching.

自教

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zì jiào
    zi4 jiao4
tzu chiao
 jikyō
one's own tenets

要領


要领

see styles
yào lǐng
    yao4 ling3
yao ling
 youryou / yoryo
    ようりょう
main aspects; essentials; gist
(1) (See 要領を得る) point; gist; essentials; tenets; outline; (2) knack; trick; the ropes

論語


论语

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lún yǔ
    lun2 yu3
lun yü
 rongo
    ろんご
The Analects of Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3]
(See 四書) the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books)
Analects

諸子


诸子

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zhū zǐ
    zhu1 zi3
chu tzu
 moroko
    もろこ
various sages; refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others
(1) (kana only) gudgeon (any fish of genus Gnathopogon or related genera); (2) (See 本諸子) willow gudgeon (Gnathopogon caerulescens); (3) (See 九絵) longtooth grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus bruneus); (surname, female given name) Moroko
children

邪執


邪执

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xié zhí
    xie2 zhi2
hsieh chih
 jashū
Heterodox tenets and attachment to them.

部執


部执

see styles
bù zhí
    bu4 zhi2
pu chih
 bushū
The tenets of a sect or school.

顏回


颜回

see styles
yán huí
    yan2 hui2
yen hui
Yan Hui (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius, also known as Yan Yuan 顏淵|颜渊[Yan2 Yuan1]

顏淵


颜渊

see styles
yán yuān
    yan2 yuan1
yen yüan
Yan Yuan (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3], also known as 顏回|颜回[Yan2 Hui2]

魯人


鲁人

see styles
lǔ rén
    lu3 ren2
lu jen
 rojin
    ろじん
person from Shandong; often refers to Confucius; stupid person
(given name) Rojin

魯君


鲁君

see styles
lǔ jun
    lu3 jun1
lu chün
the lord of Lu (who declined to employ Confucius)

魯國


鲁国

see styles
lǔ guó
    lu3 guo2
lu kuo
Lu, vassal state at the time of the Zhou Dynasty 周朝|周朝[Zhou1 chao2], located in the southwest of present-day Shandong 山東|山东[Shan1 dong1], birthplace of Confucius

三損友

see styles
 sansonyuu / sansonyu
    さんそんゆう
(archaism) (from Confucius) (See 損者三友) (ant: 三益友) three kinds of harmful friends: hypocritical, sycophantic, and glib-talking ones

三益友

see styles
 sanekiyuu / sanekiyu
    さんえきゆう
(archaism) (from Confucius) (See 益者三友) (ant: 三損友) three kinds of beneficial friends: straightforward, sincere, and well-informed ones

上座部

see styles
shàng zuò bù
    shang4 zuo4 bu4
shang tso pu
 jouzabu / jozabu
    じょうざぶ
Theravada school of Buddhism
Sthaviravada (early Buddhist movement)
他毘梨典部; 他鞞羅部 Sthavirāḥ; Sthaviranikāya; or Āryasthāvirāḥ. The school of the presiding elder, or elders. The two earliest sections of Buddhism were this (which developed into the Mahāsthavirāḥ) and the Mahāsānghikāḥ or 大衆部. At first they were not considered to be different schools, the 上座部 merely representing the intimate and older disciples of Śākyamuni and the 大衆 being the rest. It is said that a century later under Mahādeva 大天 a difference of opinion arose on certain doctrines. Three divisions are named as resulting, viz. Mahāvihāravāsinaḥ, Jetavanīyāḥ, and Abhayagiri-vāsinaḥ. These were in Ceylon. In course of time the eighteen Hīnayāna sects were developed. From the time of Aśoka four principal schools are counted as prevailing: Mahāsāṅghika, Sthavira, Mūlasarvāstivda, and Saṁmitīya. The following is a list of the eleven sects reckoned as of the 上座部: 說一切有部; 雪山; 犢子; 法上; 賢冑; 正量; 密林山; 化地; 法藏; 飮光; and 經量部. The Sthaviravādin is reputed as nearest to early Buddhism in its tenets, though it is said to have changed the basis of Buddhism from an agnostic system to a realistic philosophy.

二法執


二法执

see styles
èr fǎ zhí
    er4 fa3 zhi2
erh fa chih
 ni hosshū
The two tenets in regard to things; of. 二我執, i.e. 倶生法執 the common or natural tendency to consider things as real; 分別法執 the tenet of the reality of things as the result of false reasoning and teaching.

四句執


四句执

see styles
sì jù zhí
    si4 ju4 zhi2
ssu chü chih
 shikushū
The four tenets held by various non-Buddhist schools: (1) the permanence of the ego, i. e. that the ego of past lives is the ego of the present; (2) its impermanence, i. e. that the present ego is of independent birth; (3) both permanent and impermanent, that the ego is permanent, the body impermanent; (4) neither permanent nor impermanent; that the body is impermanent but the ego not impermanent.

天台宗

see styles
tiān tái zōng
    tian1 tai2 zong1
t`ien t`ai tsung
    tien tai tsung
 tendaishuu / tendaishu
    てんだいしゅう
Tiantai school of Buddhism
Tendai sect (of Buddhism); (personal name) Tendaishuu
The Tiantai, or Tendai, sect founded by 智顗 Zhiyi. It bases its tenets on the Lotus Sutra 法華經 with the 智度論, 涅盤經, and 大品經; it maintains the identity of the Absolute and the world of phenomena, and attempts to unlock the secrets of all phenomena by means of meditation. It flourished during the Tang dynasty. Under the Sung, when the school was decadent, arose 四明 Ciming, under whom there came the division of 山家 Hill or Tiantai School and 山外 the School outside, the latter following 悟恩 Wuen and in time dying out; the former, a more profound school, adhered to Ciming; it was from this school that the Tiantai doctrine spread to Japan. The three principal works of the Tiantai founder are called 天台三部, i. e. 玄義 exposition of the deeper meaning of the Lotus; 文句 exposition of its text; and 止觀 meditation; the last was directive and practical; it was in the line of Bodhidharma, stressing the 'inner light'.

子曰く

see styles
 shiiwaku; shinotamawaku / shiwaku; shinotamawaku
    しいわく; しのたまわく
(expression) (at the beginning of chapters in the Analects of Confucius) the Master said ...; Confucius said ...

孔叢子


孔丛子

see styles
kǒng cóng zǐ
    kong3 cong2 zi3
k`ung ts`ung tzu
    kung tsung tzu
the K'ung family Masters' anthology, collection of dialogues between Confucius and his disciples, possibly forged in third century by Wang Su 王肅|王肃[Wang2 Su4]

孔夫子

see styles
kǒng fū zǐ
    kong3 fu1 zi3
k`ung fu tzu
    kung fu tzu
 koufuushi / kofushi
    こうふうし
Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔子[Kong3 zi3]
(honorific or respectful language) (See 孔子) Confucius

孔聖人


孔圣人

see styles
kǒng shèng rén
    kong3 sheng4 ren2
k`ung sheng jen
    kung sheng jen
the Sage Confucius

孫武子


孙武子

see styles
sūn wǔ zǐ
    sun1 wu3 zi3
sun wu tzu
Sun Wu, famous general, strategist and Legalist philosopher, contemporary with Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] (551-479 BC), author of "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3]

宗聖侯


宗圣侯

see styles
zōng shèng hóu
    zong1 sheng4 hou2
tsung sheng hou
hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants

宗聖公


宗圣公

see styles
zōng shèng gōng
    zong1 sheng4 gong1
tsung sheng kung
hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants

尚書經


尚书经

see styles
shàng shū jīng
    shang4 shu1 jing1
shang shu ching
Book of History; a compendium of documents in various styles, making up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the times of Confucius

教師節


教师节

see styles
jiào shī jié
    jiao4 shi1 jie2
chiao shih chieh
Teachers' Day (September 10th in PRC and Confucius's birthday, September 28th in Taiwan)

曲阜市

see styles
qū fù shì
    qu1 fu4 shi4
ch`ü fu shih
    chü fu shih
Qufu, hometown of Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3], now a county-level city in Jining 濟寧市|济宁市[Ji3 ning2 Shi4], Shandong

端木賜


端木赐

see styles
duān mù cì
    duan1 mu4 ci4
tuan mu tz`u
    tuan mu tzu
Duanmu Ci (520 BC-446 BC), disciple of Confucius, also known as Zi Gong 子貢|子贡[Zi3 Gong4]

衍聖公


衍圣公

see styles
yǎn shèng gōng
    yan3 sheng4 gong1
yen sheng kung
hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants

違宗過


违宗过

see styles
wéi zōng guò
    wei2 zong1 guo4
wei tsung kuo
 ishū ka
fallacy of contradicting one's own tenets

魯國人


鲁国人

see styles
lǔ guó rén
    lu3 guo2 ren2
lu kuo jen
person from Shandong; often refers to Confucius

三十而立

see styles
sān shí ér lì
    san1 shi2 er2 li4
san shih erh li
thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)

不亦樂乎


不亦乐乎

see styles
bù yì lè hū
    bu4 yi4 le4 hu1
pu i le hu
lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius); fig. (jocular) extremely; awfully

五三八二

see styles
wǔ sān bā èr
    wu3 san1 ba1 er4
wu san pa erh
 go san hachi ni
Five, three, eight, two, a summary of the tenets of the 法相 school, 五法, 三性, 八識, and 二無我 q. v.

五十知命

see styles
 gojuuchimei / gojuchime
    ごじゅうちめい
(expression) (yoji) (from Confucius) at age fifty, one comes to know the will of Heaven

以心伝心

see styles
 ishindenshin
    いしんでんしん
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (yoji) telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference; communion of mind with mind; (2) (yoji) {Buddh} non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism

儒童菩薩


儒童菩萨

see styles
rú tóng pú sà
    ru2 tong2 pu2 sa4
ju t`ung p`u sa
    ju tung pu sa
 Judō Bosatsu
Learned-youth Bodhisattva, i.e. Confucius, he having been sent from India by the Buddha to instruct China! Also a name of Śākyamuni in a previous existence.

出世說部


出世说部

see styles
chū shì shuō bù
    chu1 shi4 shuo1 bu4
ch`u shih shuo pu
    chu shih shuo pu
 Shusse setsu bu
出世部 (出世間說部) (or 出世語言部) Lokottaravādinaḥ, 盧倶多婆拖部 an offshoot of the Māhāsaṇghikāḥ division of the eighteen Hīnayāna schools; the tenets of the school are unknown, but the name, as implied by the Chinese translation, suggests if not the idea of Ādi-Buddha, yet that of supra-mundane nature.

周遊列國


周游列国

see styles
zhōu yóu liè guó
    zhou1 you2 lie4 guo2
chou yu lieh kuo
to travel around many countries (idiom); peregrinations; refers to the travels of Confucius

四十不惑

see styles
 shijuufuwaku / shijufuwaku
    しじゅうふわく
(expression) (yoji) (from Confucius) at age forty, one has no doubts

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