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Daodejing / Tao Te Ching - Excerpt
Excerpt from Chapter 67 yī yuē cí èr yuē jiǎn sān yuē bù gǎn wéi tiān xià xiān
一曰慈二曰儉三曰不敢為天下先 is an except from the 67th Chapter of Lao Tzu's (Lao Zi's) Te-Tao Ching (Dao De Jing).
This is the part where the three treasures are discussed. In English, we'd say these three treasures are compassion, frugality, and humility. Some may translate these as love, moderation, and lack of arrogance. I have also seen them translated as benevolence, modesty, and "Not presuming to be at the forefront in the world". You can mix them up the way you want, as translation is not really a science but rather an art.
I should also explain that the first two treasures are single-character ideas, yet the third treasure was written out in six characters (there are also some auxiliary characters to number the treasures).
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| Title | Characters | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Daodejing Tao Te Ching - Excerpt | 一曰慈二曰儉三曰不敢為天下先 一曰慈二曰俭三曰不敢为天下先 | yī yuē cí èr yuē jiǎn sān yuē bù gǎn wéi tiān xià xiān yi1 yue1 ci2 er4 yue1 jian3 san1 yue1 bu4 gan3 wei2 tian1 xia4 xian1 yi yue ci er yue jian san yue bu gan wei tian xia xian | i yüeh tz`u erh yüeh chien san yüeh pu kan wei t`ien hsia hsien i yüeh tzu erh yüeh chien san yüeh pu kan wei tien hsia hsien |
| 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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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
丁 see styles |
dīng / ding1 ting tei;hinoto / te;hinoto / てい;ひのと |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) (てい only) (See 甲乙丙丁) fourth rank; fourth class; fourth party (in a contract, etc.); (2) (esp. ひのと) fourth sign of the Chinese calendar; (3) (てい only) (abbreviation) (obscure) (See 丁抹・デンマーク) Denmark; (surname) Rei |
乾 干 see styles |
gān / gan1 kan ken / けん |
 More info & calligraphy: qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest); (surname) Nukui Dry, dried up, clean; heaven, male, masculine, enduring, continual. Translit. gan and h; dry |
鄭 郑 see styles |
zhèng / zheng4 cheng tei / te / てい |
 More info & calligraphy: (surname) Tei |
四大 see styles |
sì dà / si4 da4 ssu ta shidai / しだい |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) {Buddh} the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind); (2) the human body; (3) Tao, heaven, earth and king mahābhūta, 四界; 四大界. The four elements of which all things are made; or the four realms; i. e. earth, water, fire, and wind (or air); they represent 堅, 濕, 煖, and 動 solid, liquid, heat, and motion; motion produces and maintains life. As 實 active or formative forces they are styled 四界 (四大界) ; as 假 passive or material objects they are 四大; but the 成實論 Satyasiddhi śāstra disputes the 實 and recognizes only the 假; four great elements |
易經 易经 see styles |
yì jīng / yi4 jing1 i ching |
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欲しい see styles |
hoshii / hoshi / ほしい |  More info & calligraphy: |
て see styles |
te / て | (auxiliary) (で after certain verb forms) (See で・5) indicates continuing action |
テ see styles |
te / テ | (female given name) Te |
亭 see styles |
tíng / ting2 t`ing / ting tei;chin / te;chin / てい;ちん |
pavilion; booth; kiosk; erect (1) arbor; arbour; bower; pavilion; (suffix) (2) (てい only) suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; (3) (てい only) suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant; (surname) Tei |
俤 see styles |
dì / di4 ti tei / te / てい |
variant of 弟[di4] face; looks; vestiges; trace; (personal name) Tei |
偵 侦 see styles |
zhēn / zhen1 chen tei / te / てい |
to scout; to spy; to detect (given name) Tei |
兌 兑 see styles |
duì / dui4 tui da / だ |
to cash; to exchange; to add (liquid); to blend; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing swamp; ☱ dui (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: swamp, west); (given name) Tooru |
坎 see styles |
kǎn / kan3 k`an / kan kan / かん |
pit; threshold; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing water; ☵ (1) (archaism) pit; hole; (2) kan (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: water, north); (surname) Kita |
坤 see styles |
kūn / kun1 k`un / kun kon / こん |
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing earth; female principle; ☷; ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest) kun (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: earth, southwest); (given name) Mamoru earth |
嵶 see styles |
tao / たお | (place-name) Tao |
巽 see styles |
xùn / xun4 hsün son / そん |
to obey; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing wood and wind; ☴; ancient Chinese compass point: 135° (southeast) xun (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: wind, southeast); (given name) Yuzuru |
底 see styles |
dǐ / di3 ti tei / te / てい |
background; bottom; base; end (of the month, year etc); remnants; (math.) radix; base (1) {math} base (logarithmic, exponential, number system); radix; (2) {geom} base (triangle, cone, cylinder, etc.); (3) type; kind; extent; degree; (surname) Soko Bottom, basis; translit. t, d, dh; bottom |
悌 see styles |
tì / ti4 t`i / ti tei / te / てい |
to do one's duty as a younger brother (1) respect for one's elders; (2) harmony among siblings; (given name) Yasushi obedient |
手 see styles |
shǒu / shou3 shou te / て |
hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] (1) (occ. pronounced た when a prefix) (See お手・おて・1) hand; arm; (2) (colloquialism) (See お手・おて・3) forepaw; foreleg; (3) handle; (4) hand; worker; help; (5) trouble; care; effort; (6) means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; (7) hand; handwriting; (8) kind; type; sort; (9) (See 手に入る) one's hands; one's possession; (10) (See 手に余る) ability to cope; (11) hand (of cards); (12) (See 山の手・1) direction; (n,n-suf,ctr) (13) move (in go, shogi, etc.); (surname) Tezaki pāṇī; hasta; kara; hand, arm. |
抄 see styles |
chāo / chao1 ch`ao / chao shō / しょう |
to make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize; to raid; to grab; to go off with; to take a shortcut; to make a turning move; to fold one's arms (1) (obsolete) excerpt; extract; (2) annotation; (3) shou (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml); (female given name) Shou extract and annotate from a text |
挺 see styles |
tǐng / ting3 t`ing / ting tei / te / てい |
straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns (counter) counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.; (personal name) Tei |
易 see styles |
yì / yi4 i eki / えき |
easy; amiable; to change; to exchange; prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible" (1) divination; fortune-telling; (2) (abbreviation) (See 易経) The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching; (given name) Yasushi Change; easy; to change |
氐 see styles |
dǐ / di3 ti tei / te / てい |
foundation; on the whole (1) Di (ancient Chinese ethnic group); (2) {astron} (See 二十八宿,蒼竜・そうりょう・3) Chinese "root" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) |
碇 see styles |
dìng / ding4 ting tei / te / てい |
anchor anchor; (surname) Tei |
禎 祯 see styles |
zhēn / zhen1 chen tei / te / てい |
auspicious; lucky (surname, given name) Tei |
胴 see styles |
dòng / dong4 tung dou / do / どう |
large intestine; torso (1) trunk; torso; body; abdomen; waist; (2) plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); (3) frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.); hull (of a ship) |
艇 see styles |
tǐng / ting3 t`ing / ting tei / te / てい |
vessel; small ship boat |
艮 see styles |
gèn / gen4 ken gon;kon;e / ごん;こん;え |
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing mountain; ☶; ancient Chinese compass point: 45° (northeast) gen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: mountain, northeast); (given name) Gon |
見 见 see styles |
xiàn / xian4 hsien mi / み |
to appear; also written 現|现[xian4] (n-suf,n) (1) looking; viewing; (expression) (2) (colloquialism) (kana only) (after the -te form of a verb; irreg. imperative conj. of 見る) (See 見る・5) (please) try (to); (female given name) Miru darśana, 捺喇捨曩; also dṛṣṭi; seeing, discerning, judgment, views, opinions; it is thinking, reasoning, discriminating, selecting truth, including the whole process of deducing conclusions from premises. It is commonly used in the sense of wrong or heterodox views or theories, i. e. 邪見 or 有見, especially such as viewing the seeming as real and the ego as real. There are groups of two, four, five, seven, ten and sixty-two kinds of 見; to see |
貞 贞 see styles |
zhēn / zhen1 chen tei / te / てい |
chaste (1) firm adherence to one's principles; (2) chastity (of a woman); (given name) Misao Chaste, lucky; correct |
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