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Seeing is Believing

 bǎi wén bù rú yí jiàn
Seeing is Believing Scroll

百聞不如一見 is a proverb that means “Better to see something once rather than hear about it one hundred times” or “Telling me about something 100 times is not as good as seeing it once.”

In English, we have the similar proverb of “Seeing is believing” but this has a bit of the “A picture paints a thousand words” meaning too.

Sometimes it's simply more prudent to verify with your own eyes.

Seeing is Believing

 hyakubun wa ikken ni shikazu
Seeing is Believing Scroll

百聞は一見に如かず is the Japanese version of an ancient Chinese proverb that means “Seeing once is better than hearing one hundred times.”

It is the rough equivalent of “seeing is believing,” “one eye-witness is better than many hearsays,” or “a picture is worth a thousand words.”

Sometimes it's simply more prudent to verify with your own eyes.


Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.


See Also:  Hearing a Hundred Times is Not as Good as Seeing Once

Trust No One / Trust No Man

 dare mo shin ji ru na
Trust No One / Trust No Man Scroll

誰も信じるな is as close as you can get to the phrase “trust no man” in Japanese, though no gender is specified.

The first two characters mean everyone or anyone but change to “no one” with the addition of a negative verb.

The third through fifth characters express the idea of believing in, placing trust in, confiding in, or having faith in.

The last character makes the sentence negative (without the last character, this would mean “trust everyone,” with that last character, it's “trust no one”).


Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

Zen Buddhism

 chán zōng
 zen shuu
Zen Buddhism Scroll

禪宗 is one way to title “Zen Buddhism.” Because the original pronunciation of Zen in Chinese is Chan, you'll also see this expressed as Chan Buddhism.

From the Buddhist Dictionary:
The Chan, meditative or intuitional, sect is usually said to have been established in China by Bodhidharma, the twenty-eighth patriarch, who brought the tradition of the Buddha-mind from India. 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.

 xìn dé
 shin toku
Faith Scroll

信德 is a term used often in Buddhism to express faith.

信德 is sometimes translated as the merit of the believing heart, faith of virtue, the power of faith, or virtuous faith.

In this context:
信 = Faith
德 = Virtue

Hearing a Hundred Times is Not as Good as Seeing Once

 bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn
Hearing a Hundred Times is Not as Good as Seeing Once Scroll

百聞不如一見 is a Chinese proverb that means “Seeing once is better than hearing one hundred times” which is similar to the idea of “Seeing is believing.”

You can also get the idea, “Seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others.”

If you break it down directly, you get “100 hears/listens (is) not as-good (as) one sight.”


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Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

信德

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xìn dé
    xin4 de2
hsin te
 shintoku

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Faith
The merit of the believing heart; the power of faith.

信心

see styles
xìn xīn
    xin4 xin1
hsin hsin
 shinjin
    しんじん

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Confidence / Faithful Heart
confidence; faith (in sb or something); CL:個|个[ge4]
(noun, transitive verb) faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
A believing mind, which receives without doubting.; Great or firm faith in, or surrender to Buddha, especially to Amitabha.

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.

百聞不如一見


百闻不如一见

see styles
bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn
    bai3 wen2 bu4 ru2 yi1 jian4
pai wen pu ju i chien

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Seeing is Believing
seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others; seeing is believing

百聞は一見に如かず

see styles
 hyakubunhaikkennishikazu
    ひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかず

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Seeing is Believing
(expression) seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words

住地

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zhù dì
    zhu4 di4
chu ti
 jūji
living area; residential area
Dwelling-place; abiding place in the Truth, i.e. the acquirement by faith of a self believing in the dharma and producing its fruits.

信樂


信乐

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xìn lè
    xin4 le4
hsin le
 shigaraki
    しがらき
(personal name) Shigaraki
To believe and rejoice in the dharma; the joy of believing.

信海

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xìn hǎi
    xin4 hai3
hsin hai
 shinkai
    しんかい
(given name) Shinkai
The ocean of faith: the true virtue of the believing hear is vast and boundless as the ocean.

信行

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xìn xíng
    xin4 xing2
hsin hsing
 nobuyuki
    のぶゆき
(surname, given name) Nobuyuki
Believing action; faith and practice. Action resulting from faith in another's teaching, in contrast with 法行 action resulting from direct apprehension of the doctrine; the former is found among the 鈍根, i.e. those of inferior ability, the latter among the 利根, i.e. the mentally acute.

南無


南无

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nā mó
    na1 mo2
na mo
 namu; namo
    なむ; なも
Buddhist salutation or expression of faith (loanword from Sanskrit); Taiwan pr. [na2 mo2]
(conj,int) {Buddh} amen; hail; (surname) Namu
namaḥ; Pali: namo; to submit oneself to, from to bend, bow to, make obeisance, pay homage to; an expression of submission to command, complete commitment, reverence, devotion, trust for salvation, etc. Also written 南牟; 南謨; 南忙; 那謨 (or 那模 or 那麻); 納莫 (or 納慕); 娜母; 曩莫 (or 曩謨); 捺麻(or捺謨), etc. It is used constantly in liturgy, incantations, etc., especially as in namaḥ Amitābha, which is the formula of faith of the Pure-land sect, representing the believing heart of all beings and Amitābha's power and will to save; repeated in the hour of death it opens the entrance to the Pure Land.

憑準


凭准

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píng zhǔn
    ping2 zhun3
p`ing chun
    ping chun
evidence (that one can rely on); grounds (for believing something)

行信

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xíng xìn
    xing2 xin4
hsing hsin
 yukinobu
    ゆきのぶ
(p,s,g) Yukinobu
Act and faith, doing and believing, acting out one's belief.

不信重

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bù xìn zhòng
    bu4 xin4 zhong4
pu hsin chung
 fu shinjū
not believing in

法供養


法供养

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fǎ gōng yǎng
    fa3 gong1 yang3
fa kung yang
 hō kuyō
dharmapūjā. Serving the Dharma, i. e. believing, explaining, keeping, obeying it, cultivating the spiritual nature, protecting and assisting Buddhism. Also, offerings of or to the Dharma.

信心不二

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xìn xīn bù èr
    xin4 xin1 bu4 er4
hsin hsin pu erh
 shin shin funi
unity of the believing and the believed

善男信女

see styles
shàn nán xìn nǚ
    shan4 nan2 xin4 nu:3
shan nan hsin nü
 zennan shinnyo
lay practitioners of Buddhism
Good men and believing women.

將信將疑


将信将疑

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jiāng xìn jiāng yí
    jiang1 xin4 jiang1 yi2
chiang hsin chiang i
half believing, half doubting; skeptical

服水論師


服水论师

see styles
fú shuǐ lùn shī
    fu2 shui3 lun4 shi1
fu shui lun shih
 bukusui ronji
The sect of non-Buddhist philosophers who considered water the beginning and end of all things.

眼見為實


眼见为实

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yǎn jiàn wéi shí
    yan3 jian4 wei2 shi2
yen chien wei shih
seeing is believing

言い包める

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 iikurumeru / ikurumeru
    いいくるめる
(transitive verb) to deceive somebody into believing (e.g. that black is white); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle

言いくるめる

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 iikurumeru / ikurumeru
    いいくるめる
(transitive verb) to deceive somebody into believing (e.g. that black is white); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle

百聞は一見にしかず

see styles
 hyakubunhaikkennishikazu
    ひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかず
(expression) seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words

耳聽為虛,眼見為實


耳听为虚,眼见为实

see styles
ěr tīng wéi xū , yǎn jiàn wéi shí
    er3 ting1 wei2 xu1 , yan3 jian4 wei2 shi2
erh t`ing wei hsü , yen chien wei shih
    erh ting wei hsü , yen chien wei shih
(idiom) you cannot always trust what you hear, but seeing is believing

聞くと見るとは大違い

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 kikutomirutohaoochigai
    きくとみるとはおおちがい
(expression) (proverb) don't believe everything you hear; seeing is believing; to have heard of is not to have seen

Variations:
丸呑み
丸飲み
丸のみ

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 marunomi
    まるのみ
(noun, transitive verb) (1) swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; (noun, transitive verb) (2) swallowing (a story); believing unquestioningly; accepting blindly; accepting without fully understanding; memorizing without understanding; (noun, transitive verb) (3) accepting (a proposal, demand, etc.) unconditionally; accepting as-is

Variations:
百聞は一見にしかず
百聞は一見に如かず

see styles
 hyakubunhaikkennishikazu
    ひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかず
(expression) (proverb) seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Seeing is Believing百聞不如一見
百闻不如一见
bǎi wén bù rú yí jiàn
bai3 wen2 bu4 ru2 yi2 jian4
bai wen bu ru yi jian
baiwenburuyijian
pai wen pu ju i chien
paiwenpujuichien
Seeing is Believing百聞は一見に如かずhyakubun wa ikken ni shikazu
hyakubunwaikkennishikazu
hyakubun wa iken ni shikazu
Trust No One
Trust No Man
誰も信じるなdare mo shin ji ru na
daremoshinjiruna
Zen Buddhism禪宗
禅宗
zen shuu / zenshuu / zen shuchán zōng
chan2 zong1
chan zong
chanzong
ch`an tsung
chantsung
chan tsung
Faith信德shin toku / shintokuxìn dé / xin4 de2 / xin de / xindehsin te / hsinte
Hearing a Hundred Times is Not as Good as Seeing Once百聞不如一見
百闻不如一见
bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn
bai3 wen2 bu4 ru2 yi1 jian4
bai wen bu ru yi jian
baiwenburuyijian
pai wen pu ju i chien
paiwenpujuichien
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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