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There are 33 total results for your de hua search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
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華佗


华佗

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huà tuó
    hua4 tuo2
hua t`o
    hua to
 kada
    かだ

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Hua Tuo
Hua Tuo (c. 145–208), physician of the Eastern Han dynasty
(personal name) Kada

花木蘭


花木兰

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huā mù lán
    hua1 mu4 lan2
hua mu lan

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Hua Mulan
Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature

三世

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sān shì
    san1 shi4
san shih
 sanze; miyo(ok)
    さんぜ; みよ(ok)
the Third (of numbered kings)
(1) {Buddh} three temporal states of existence; past, present and future; (2) (さんぜ only) three generations; (female given name) Miyo
The three periods, 過去, 現在, 未來or 過, 現, 未, past, present, and future. The universe is described as eternally in motion, like flowing stream. Also 未生, 巳生,後滅, or 未, 現, 過 unborn, born, dead The 華嚴經 Hua-yen sūtra has a division of ten kinds of past, present, and future i.e. the past spoken of as past, present, and future, the present spoken of in like manner, the future also, with the addition of the present as the three periods in one instant. Also 三際.

三乘

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sān shèng
    san1 sheng4
san sheng
 minori
    みのり
(surname) Minori
Triyāna, the three vehicles, or conveyances which carry living beings across saṁsāra or mortality (births-and-deaths) to the shores of nirvāṇa. The three are styled 小,中, and 大. Sometimes the three vehicles are defined as 聲聞 Śrāvaka, that of the hearer or obedient disciple; 緣覺Pratyeka-buddha, that of the enlightened for self; these are described as 小乘 because the objective of both is personal salvation; the third is 菩薩Bodhisattva, or 大乘 Mahāyāna, because the objective is the salvation of all the living. The three are also depicted as 三車 three wains, drawn by a goat, a deer, an ox. The Lotus declares that the three are really the One Buddha-vehicle, which has been revealed in three expedient forms suited to his disciples' capacity, the Lotus Sūtra being the unifying, complete, and final exposition. The Three Vehicles are differently explained by different exponents, e.g. (1) Mahāyāna recognizes (a) Śrāvaka, called Hīnayāna, leading in longer or shorter periods to arhatship; (b) Pratyeka-buddha, called Madhyamayāna, leading after still longer or shorter periods to a Buddhahood ascetically attained and for self; (c) Bodhisattva, called Mahayana, leading after countless ages of self-sacrifce in saving others and progressive enlightenment to ultimate Buddhahood. (2) Hīnayāna is also described as possessing three vehicles 聲, 緣, 菩 or 小, 中, 大, the 小 and 中 conveying to personal salvation their devotees in ascetic dust and ashes and mental annihilation, the 大 leading to bodhi, or perfect enlightenment, and the Buddha's way. Further definitions of the Triyāna are: (3) True bodhisattva teaching for the 大; pratyeka-buddha without ignorant asceticism for the 中; and śrāvaka with ignorant asceticism for the 小. (4) (a) 一乘 The One-Vehicle which carries all to Buddhahood: of this the 華嚴 Hua-yen and 法華 Fa-hua are typical exponents; (b) 三乘法 the three-vehicle, containing practitioners of all three systems, as expounded in books of the 深密般若; (c) 小乘 the Hīnayāna pure and simple as seen in the 四阿合經 Four Āgamas. Śrāvakas are also described as hearers of the Four Truths and limited to that degree of development; they hear from the pratyeka-buddhas, who are enlightened in the Twelve Nidānas 因緣; the bodhisattvas make the 六度 or six forms of transmigration their field of sacrificial saving work, and of enlightenment. The Lotus Sūtra really treats the 三乘. Three Vehicles as 方便 or expedient ways, and offers a 佛乘 Buddha Vehicle as the inclusive and final vehicle.

五嶽


五岳

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wǔ yuè
    wu3 yue4
wu yüeh
Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山[Heng2 Shan1] in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山|恒山[Heng2 Shan1] in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山[Song1 Shan1] in Henan
See: 五岳

余華

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 yuihoa
    ユイホア
(person) Yu Hua (1960.04.03-)

八會


八会

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bā huì
    ba1 hui4
pa hui
 hachie
The 華嚴經 Hua-yen sūtra, as delivered at eight assemblies.

十宗

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shí zōng
    shi2 zong1
shih tsung
 jūshū
The ten schools of Chinese Buddhism: I. The (1) 律宗 Vinaya-discipline, or 南山|; (2) 倶舍 Kośa, Abhidharma, or Reality (Sarvāstivādin) 有宗; (3) 成實宗 Satyasiddhi sect founded on this śāstra by Harivarman; (4) 三論宗 Mādhyamika or 性空宗; (5) 法華宗 Lotus, "Law-flower" or Tiantai 天台宗; (6) 華嚴Huayan or法性 or賢首宗; ( 7) 法相宗 Dharmalakṣana or 慈恩宗 founded on the唯識論 (8) 心宗 Ch'an or Zen, mind-only or intuitive, v. 禪宗 ; (9) 眞言宗 (Jap. Shingon) or esoteric 密宗 ; (10) 蓮宗 Amitābha-lotus or Pure Land (Jap. Jōdo) 淨士宗. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 9th are found in Japan rather than in China, where they have ceased to be of importance. II. The Hua-yen has also ten divisions into ten schools of thought: (1) 我法倶有 the reality of self (or soul) and things, e.g. mind and matter; (2) 法有我無 the reality of things but not of soul; (3) 法無去來 things have neither creation nor destruction; (4) 現通假實 present things are both apparent and real; (5) 俗妄眞實 common or phenomenal ideas are wrong, fundamental reality is the only truth; (6) things are merely names; (7) all things are unreal 空; (8) the bhūtatathatā is not unreal; (9) phenomena and their perception are to be got rid of; (10) the perfect, all-inclusive, and complete teaching of the One Vehicle. III. There are two old Japanese divisions: 大乘律宗, 倶舎宗 , 成實 宗 , 法和宗 , 三論宗 , 天台宗 , 華嚴宗 , 眞言宗 , 小乘律宗 , and 淨土宗 ; the second list adds 禪宗 and omits 大乘律宗. They are the Ritsu, Kusha, Jōjitsu, Hossō, Sanron, Tendai, Kegon, Shingon, (Hīnayāna) Ritsu, and Jōdo; the addition being Zen.

地藏

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dì zàng
    di4 zang4
ti tsang
 jizou / jizo
    じぞう
Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi); also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
(surname) Jizou
Ti-tsang, J. Jizō, Kṣitigarbha, 乞叉底蘗沙; Earth-store, Earth-treasury, or Earthwomb. One of the group of eight Dhvani- Bodhisattvas. With hints of a feminine origin, he is now the guardian of the earth. Though associated with Yama as overlord, and with the dead and the hells, his role is that of saviour. Depicted with the alarum staff with its six rings, he is accredited with power over the hells and is devoted to the saving of all creatures between the nirvana of Śākyamuni and the advent of Maitreya the fifth century he has been especially considered as the deliverer from the hells. His central place in China is at Chiu-hua-shan, forty li south-west of Ch'ing-yang in Anhui. In Japan he is also the protector of travellers by land and his image accordingly appears on the roads; bereaved parents put stones by his images to seek his aid in relieving the labours of their dead in the task of piling stones on the banks of the Buddhist Styx; he also helps women in labour. He is described as holding a place between the gods and men on the one hand and the hells on the other for saving all in distress; some say he is an incarnation of Yama. At dawn he sits immobile on the earth 地 and meditates on the myriads of its beings 藏. When represented as a monk, it may be through the influence of a Korean monk who is considered to be his incarnation, and who came to China in 653 and died in 728 at the age of 99 after residing at Chiu-hua-shan for seventy-five years: his body, not decaying, is said to have been gilded over and became an object of worship. Many have confused 眞羅 part of Korea with 暹羅 Siam. There are other developments of Ti-tsang, such as the 六地藏 Six Ti-tsang, i. e. severally converting or transforming those in the hells, pretas, animals, asuras, men, and the devas; these six Ti-tsang have different images and symbols. Ti-tsang has also six messengers 六使者: Yama for transforming those in hell; the pearl-holder for pretas; the strong one or animals; the devīof mercy for asuras; the devī of the treasure for human beings; one who has charge of the heavens for the devas. There is also the 延命地藏 Yanming Ti-tsang, who controls length of days and who is approached, as also may be P'u-hsien, for that Purpose; his two assistants are the Supervisors of good and evil 掌善 and 掌惡. Under another form, as 勝軍地藏 Ti-tsang is chiefly associated with the esoteric cult. The benefits derived from his worship are many, some say ten, others say twenty-eight. His vows are contained in the 地藏菩薩本願經. There is also the 大乘大集地藏十電經 tr. by Xuanzang in 10 juan in the seventh century, which probably influenced the spread of the Ti-tsang cult.

張華


张华

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zhāng huá
    zhang1 hua2
chang hua
Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician; Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank; other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention

泰華


泰华

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tài huà
    tai4 hua4
t`ai hua
    tai hua
Mt Tai 泰山 and Mt Hua 華山|华山; another name for Mt Hua

滑縣


滑县

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huá xiàn
    hua2 xian4
hua hsien
Hua county in Anyang 安陽|安阳[An1 yang2], Henan

華安


华安

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huá ān
    hua2 an1
hua an
 kaan / kan
    かあん
Hua'an county in Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian
(personal name) Kaan

華山


华山

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huà shān
    hua4 shan1
hua shan
 hanayama
    はなやま
Mt Hua in Shaanxi, western mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
(place-name, surname) Hanayama
Mt. Hua in Shensi, one of the Five Sacred Mountains of China; v. also 九華山.

華拳


华拳

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huá quán
    hua2 quan2
hua ch`üan
    hua chüan
Hua Quan - "Flowery Fist? Magnificent Fist?" - Martial Art

華縣


华县

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huá xiàn
    hua2 xian4
hua hsien
Hua county in Shaanxi

西嶽


西岳

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xī yuè
    xi1 yue4
hsi yüeh
 nishitake
    にしたけ
Mt Hua 華山|华山 in Shaanxi, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
(surname) Nishitake

黃華


黄华

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huáng huá
    huang2 hua2
huang hua
Huang Hua (1913-2010), PRC foreign minister (1976-1982) and vice premier (1980-1982)

華國鋒


华国锋

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huà guó fēng
    hua4 guo2 feng1
hua kuo feng
Hua Guofeng (1921-2008), CCP Chairman 1976-1981

華安縣


华安县

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huá ān xiàn
    hua2 an1 xian4
hua an hsien
Hua'an county in Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian

華羅庚


华罗庚

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huà luó gēng
    hua4 luo2 geng1
hua lo keng
Hua Luogeng (1910-1985), Chinese number theorist

褒禪山


褒禅山

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bāo chán shān
    bao1 chan2 shan1
pao ch`an shan
    pao chan shan
Mt Baochan in Anhui; formerly known as Mt Hua 華山|华山

五大名山

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wǔ dà míng shān
    wu3 da4 ming2 shan1
wu ta ming shan
Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山[Heng2 Shan1] in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山|恒山[Heng2 Shan1] in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山[Song1 Shan1] in Henan

十種智明


十种智明

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shí zhǒng zhì míng
    shi2 zhong3 zhi4 ming2
shih chung chih ming
 jusshu chimyō
Ten kinds of bodhisattva wisdom, or omniscience, for the understanding of all things relating to all beings, in order, to save them from the sufferings of mortality and bring them to true bodhi. The ten are detailed in the Hua-yen 華嚴 sūtra in two groups, one in the 十明品 and one in the 離世間品.

四大名山

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sì dà míng shān
    si4 da4 ming2 shan1
ssu ta ming shan
 shidai myōsan
The four famous 'hills' or monasteries in China: 普陀 P'u-t'o, for Guanyin, element water; 五臺 Wu-tai, Wen-shu, wind; 峨眉 O-mei, P'uhsien, fire; and 九華 Chiu-hua, Tizang, earth.

清華大學


清华大学

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qīng huá dà xué
    qing1 hua2 da4 xue2
ch`ing hua ta hsüeh
    ching hua ta hsüeh
Tsinghua University, Beijing; National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

華佗再世


华佗再世

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huà tuó zài shì
    hua4 tuo2 zai4 shi4
hua t`o tsai shih
    hua to tsai shih
lit. a reincarnation of Hua Tuo, the legendary physician of the Eastern Han Dynasty (idiom); fig. a highly skilled and virtuous doctor; a miracle-working physician

八十華嚴經


八十华严经

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bā shí huā yán jīng
    ba1 shi2 hua1 yan2 jing1
pa shih hua yen ching
 Hachijū kegon kyō
The translation of the Hua-yen 華嚴經 in eighty chüan, made by Śikṣānanda in the T'ang dynasty.

国立清華大学

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 kokuritsuseigadaigaku / kokuritsusegadaigaku
    こくりつせいがだいがく
(org) National Tsing Hua University; NTHU; (o) National Tsing Hua University; NTHU

玉泉玉花兩宗


玉泉玉花两宗

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yù quán yù huā liǎng zōng
    yu4 quan2 yu4 hua1 liang3 zong1
yü ch`üan yü hua liang tsung
    yü chüan yü hua liang tsung
 Gyokusen gyokka ryōshū
The two schools of the Jade-fountain and Jade-flower. i. e. 天台 Tiantai and 法相 Dharmalakṣana, the latter with Hsüan-tsang as founder in China. 玉泉 Yü-ch'üan was the name of the monastery in Tang-yang 當陽 Hsien, An-lu Fu, Hupeh, where Chih-i, the founder of the T'ien-t'ai School, lived; 玉花 Yü-hua, where Hsüan-tsang lived.

大方廣佛華嚴經


大方广佛华严经

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dà fāng guǎng fó huá yán jīng
    da4 fang1 guang3 fo2 hua2 yan2 jing1
ta fang kuang fo hua yen ching
 Daihōkō butsu kegon kyō
Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school; also called Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra, the Flower adornment sutra or the Garland sutra
Buddhāvataṃsaka-mahāvaipulya-sūtra ; the Avataṃsaka, Hua-yen, or Kegon sutra ; tr. by Buddhabhadra and others A.D. 418-420. The various translations are in 60, 80, and 40 chuan, v. 華嚴經.

華嚴五十要問答


华严五十要问答

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huā yán wǔ shí yào wèn dá
    hua1 yan2 wu3 shi2 yao4 wen4 da2
hua yen wu shih yao wen ta
 Kegon gojū yō mondō
Hua-yen wu-shih yao wen-ta

国立清華大学図書館

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 kokuritsuseigadaigakutoshokan / kokuritsusegadaigakutoshokan
    こくりつせいがだいがくとしょかん
(o) National Tsing Hua University Library

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