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Takemusu Aiki

 take musu ai ki
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武産合氣 is one of the core spiritual concepts developed by Morihei Ueshiba to support his practice of Aikido.

Breaking down the characters:

武 - Bu (as in Bushido) is read as “Take” here. It means martial.

産 - Musu means innocent or naive, but also refers to the idea of birth and creation.

合氣 - Aiki as in Aikido - unifying spirit.

Forgive and Forget

Confucian Proverb

 bú niàn jiù è
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不念舊惡 is a Chinese proverb that can be translated as “Do not recall old grievances,” or more simply as “Forgive and forget.”

The character breakdown:
不 (bù) not; no; don't.
念 (niàn) read aloud.
舊 (jiù) old; former.
惡 (è) wicked deeds; grievances; sins.

This proverb comes from the Analects of Confucius.

Undaunted After Repeated Setbacks

Persistence to overcome all challenges

 bǎi zhé bù náo
 hyaku setsu su tou
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百折不撓 is a Chinese proverb that means “Be undaunted in the face of repeated setbacks.”

More directly translated, it reads, “[Overcome] a hundred setbacks, without flinching.” 百折不撓 is of Chinese origin but is commonly used in Japanese and somewhat in Korean (same characters, different pronunciation).

This proverb comes from a long, and occasionally tragic story of a man that lived sometime around 25-220 AD. His name was Qiao Xuan, and he never stooped to flattery but remained an upright person at all times. He fought to expose the corruption of higher-level government officials at great risk to himself.

Then when he was at a higher level in the Imperial Court, bandits were regularly capturing hostages and demanding ransoms. But when his own son was captured, he was so focused on his duty to the Emperor and the common good that he sent a platoon of soldiers to raid the bandits' hideout, and stop them once and for all even at the risk of his own son's life. While all of the bandits were arrested in the raid, they killed Qiao Xuan's son at first sight of the raiding soldiers.

Near the end of his career, a new Emperor came to power, and Qiao Xuan reported to him that one of his ministers was bullying the people and extorting money from them. The new Emperor refused to listen to Qiao Xuan and even promoted the corrupt Minister. Qiao Xuan was so disgusted that in protest, he resigned from his post as minister (something almost never done) and left for his home village.

His tombstone reads “Bai Zhe Bu Nao” which is now a proverb used in Chinese culture to describe a person of strong will who puts up stubborn resistance against great odds.

My Chinese-English dictionary defines these 4 characters as “keep on fighting despite all setbacks,” “be undaunted by repeated setbacks,” and “be indomitable.”

Our translator says it can mean “never give up” in modern Chinese.

Although the first two characters are translated correctly as “repeated setbacks,” the literal meaning is “100 setbacks” or “a rope that breaks 100 times.” The last two characters can mean “do not yield” or “do not give up.”
Most Chinese, Japanese, and Korean people will not take this absolutely literal meaning but will instead understand it as the title suggests above. If you want a single big word definition, it would be indefatigability, indomitableness, persistence, or unyielding.


See Also:  Tenacity | Fortitude | Strength | Perseverance | Persistence


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Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

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    wu2
wu
 bu
    む
(1) nothing; naught; nought; nil; zero; (prefix) (2) un-; non-
not, no, none (無)

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    wu3
wu
 bu
    ぶ
to insult; to ridicule; to disgrace
(something) despised; (something) made light of

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    bu4
pu
 bu
a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation
(歩) pada; step, pace.


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    mo4
mo
 motsu
drowned; to end; to die; to inundate
Sunk, gone; not; translit. m, mu, mo, mau, ma, bu, v, etc.

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    fu2
fu
 bu
    ぶ
used in 芙蓉[fu2 rong2], lotus
(personal name) Bu

呂布


吕布

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    lu:3 bu4
lü pu
 ryofu
    りょふ
Lü Bu (-198), general and warlord
(person) Lu Bu (?-199 AD; Chinese general)

打っ

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 bu; bu
    ぶっ; ブッ
(prefix) (kana only) (verb prefix; used to emphasize the following verb) strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly

扶根

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fú gēn
    fu2 gen1
fu ken
 bu kon
physical [sense] organs

林逋

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lín
    lin2 bu1
lin pu
Lin Bu (967-1028), Northern Song poet

約部


约部

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yuē
    yue1 bu4
yüeh pu
 yaku bu
a teaching, seen from the perspective of its place in temporal sequence

舞天

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 buuten / buten
    ぶーてん
(given name) Bu-ten

董卓

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dǒng zhuó
    dong3 zhuo2
tung cho
 toutaku / totaku
    とうたく
Dong Zhuo (-192), top general of late Han, usurped power in 189, murdered empress dowager and child emperor, killed in 192 by Lü Bu 呂布|吕布
(personal name) Toutaku

貂蟬


貂蝉

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diāo chán
    diao1 chan2
tiao ch`an
    tiao chan
Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓[Dong3 Zhuo2] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布[Lu:3 Bu4]

赤兔

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chì tù
    chi4 tu4
ch`ih t`u
    chih tu
Red Hare, famous horse of the warlord Lü Bu 呂布|吕布[Lu:3 Bu4] in the Three Kingdoms era

一說部


一说部

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yī shuō
    yi1 shuo1 bu4
i shuo pu
 Issetsu bu
Ekavyāvahārika 猗柯毘與婆訶利柯 or (Pali) Ekabyohāra 鞞婆訶羅 One of the 20 Hīnayāna schools, a nominalistic school, which considered things as nominal, i.e. names without any underlying reality; also styled 諸法但名宗 that things are but names.

七丈夫

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qī zhàng fū
    qi1 zhang4 fu1
ch`i chang fu
    chi chang fu
 shichijō bu
also 七士夫趣; v. 七賢七聖.

上坐部

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shàng zuò
    shang4 zuo4 bu4
shang tso pu
 Jōza bu
Sthavira

二十部

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èr shí
    er4 shi2 bu4
erh shih pu
 nijū bu
The eighteen Hīnayāna sects, together with the two original assemblies of elders.

作法舞

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zuò fǎ wǔ
    zuo4 fa3 wu3
tso fa wu
 sahō bu
ritual dance

僧祇部

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sēng qí
    seng1 qi2 bu4
seng ch`i pu
    seng chi pu
 Sōgi bu
Sāṅghikāḥ, the Mahāsāṅghikāḥ school, v. 大衆部.

內供奉


内供奉

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nèi gōng fèng
    nei4 gong1 feng4
nei kung feng
 naigu bu
inner offerer

六城部

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liù chéng
    liu4 cheng2 bu4
liu ch`eng pu
    liu cheng pu
 Rokujō bu
Ṣaṇṇagarikāḥ, 山拖那伽梨柯部; or 密林山部. One of the twenty Hīnayāna sects, connected with the Vātsīputtrīyāḥ 犢子部.

出世部

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chū shì
    chu1 shi4 bu4
ch`u shih pu
    chu shih pu
 Shusse bu
Lokôttara-vāda

勝林部


胜林部

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shèng lín
    sheng4 lin2 bu4
sheng lin pu
 Shōrin bu
Jeta-vanīya

化地部

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huà dì
    hua4 di4 bu4
hua ti pu
 Keji bu
Mahīśāsakah, 磨醯奢婆迦部; 彌喜捨婆阿; 彌婆塞部, 正地部 an offshoot from the 說一切有部 or Sarvāstivāda school, supposed to have been founded 300 years after the nirvana. The name Mahisasakah is said to be that of a ruler who 'converted his land' or people; or 正地 'rectified his land'. The doctrines of the school are said to be similar to those of the 大衆部 Mahāsāṅghika; and to have maintained, inter alia, the reality of the present, but not of the past and future; also the doctrine of the void and the non-ego; the production of taint 染 by the five 識 perceptions; the theory of nine kinds of non-activity, and so on. It was also called 法無去來宗 the school which denied reality to past and future.

十二部

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shí èr
    shi2 er4 bu4
shih erh pu
 jūni bu
twelve divisions

十八部

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shí bā
    shi2 ba1 bu4
shih pa pu
 jūhachi bu
The eighteen schools of Hīnayāna as formerly existing in India; v. 小乘.

增支部

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zēng zhī
    zeng1 zhi1 bu4
tseng chih pu
 Zōshi bu
Increasing-by-one tradition

多聞部


多闻部

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duō wén
    duo1 wen2 bu4
to wen pu
 Tamon bu
Bahuśrutīya

大集部

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dà jí
    da4 ji2 bu4
ta chi pu
 Daishū bu
Mahāsaṃnipāta. A division of the sūtrapiṭaka containing avadānas, i.e. comparisons, metaphors, parables, and stories illustrating the doctrines.

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Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Takemusu Aiki武産合氣take musu ai ki
takemusuaiki
Forgive and Forget不念舊惡
不念旧恶
bú niàn jiù è
bu2 nian4 jiu4 e4
bu nian jiu e
bunianjiue
pu nien chiu o
punienchiuo
Undaunted After Repeated Setbacks百折不撓
百折不挠
hyaku setsu su tou
hyakusetsusutou
hyaku setsu su to
bǎi zhé bù náo
bai3 zhe2 bu4 nao2
bai zhe bu nao
baizhebunao
pai che pu nao
paichepunao
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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