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hyakubun wa ikken ni shikazu
This Japanese proverb 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.
bǎi wén bù rú yí jiàn
This proverb literally 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.
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 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.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
信心 see styles |
xìn xīn / xin4 xin1 hsin hsin shinjin / しんじん |
 More info & calligraphy: confidence; faith (in sb or something); CL:個|个[ge4] (noun/participle) faith; belief; piety; devotion; godlinessA believing mind, which receives without doubting.; Great or firm faith in, or surrender to Buddha, especially to Amitabha. |
禪宗 禅宗 see styles |
chán zōng / chan2 zong1 ch`an tsung / chan tsung Zenshū |
 More info & calligraphy: Zen BuddhismThe 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; meditation school |
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 |
 More info & calligraphy: 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 |
 More info & calligraphy: (expression) seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words |
住地 see styles |
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; entrenchment |
信德 see styles |
xìn dé / xin4 de2 hsin te shintoku |
The merit of the believing heart; the power of faith; virtue of faith |
信樂 信乐 see styles |
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; faith as joy |
信海 see styles |
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 see styles |
xìn xíng / xin4 xing2 hsin hsing nobuyuki / のぶゆき shinkou / shinko / しんこう shingyou / shingyo / しんぎょう shigyou / shigyo / しぎょう |
(surname, given name) Nobuyuki; (given name) Shinkou; (surname, given name) Shingyou; (surname) Shigyou 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 see styles |
nā mó / na1 mo2 na mo namu / なむ |
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 see styles |
píng zhǔn / ping2 zhun3 p`ing chun / ping chun |
evidence (that one can rely on); grounds (for believing something) |
行信 see styles |
háng xìn / hang2 xin4 hang hsin yukinobu / ゆきのぶ gyoushin / gyoshin / ぎょうしん |
(p,s,g) Yukinobu; (given name) Gyoushin Act and faith, doing and believing, acting out one's belief; to act and faith |
法供養 法供养 see styles |
fǎ gòng yǎng / fa3 gong4 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; offerings of the dharma |
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 see styles |
jiāng xìn jiāng yí / jiang1 xin4 jiang1 yi2 chiang hsin chiang i |
half believing, half doubting; skeptical |
眼見為實 眼见为实 see styles |
yǎn jiàn wéi shí / yan3 jian4 wei2 shi2 yen chien wei shih |
seeing is believing |
言い包める see styles |
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 see styles |
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 |
聞くと見るとは大違い see styles |
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 |
言いくるめる;言い包める see styles |
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;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 |
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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 | |
| Seeing is Believing | 百聞は一見に如かず | hyakubun wa ikken ni shikazu hyakubunwaikkennishikazu hyakubun wa iken ni shikazu hyakubunwaikennishikazu | ||
| 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 |
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| Zen Buddhism | 禪宗 禅宗 | zen shuu / zenshuu / zen shu / zenshu | chán zōng chan2 zong1 chan zong chanzong | ch`an tsung chantsung chan tsung |
| 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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