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2. Flower in the Mirror, Moon on Water
4. Mind’s Eye
6. Wisdom and Insight of the Buddha
8. Illusion
夢想 is the two-character version of dream or dreaming, which can mean “to dream of [something],” vision, imagine, or reverie.
Be careful, as, in some contexts, it can mean dreaming of something in vain.
鏡花水月 is an old Asian proverb that means “flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in the lake” or “flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface.”
Literally, 鏡花水月 reads “Mirror Flower, Water Moon.”
Figuratively this can be used to represent a lot of different ideas. It can be used to express an unrealistic rosy view or viewing things through rose-tinted spectacles. So you can use it to relay an idea about something that is visible but has no substance,
something that can be seen but not touched, or something beautiful but unattainable such as dreams or a mirage.
This expression is used to describe things like the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words.
鏡 = Mirror (or lens)
花 = Flower(s)
水 = Water
月 = Moon
Can also be written 水月鏡花 (just a slight change in word/character order).
夢 is the very simple word for dreams in Chinese and Japanese.
It can also mean having a vision or simply an illusion.
眼 is the simplest way to write eyes or eyeballs in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
This can also mean eyesight, sight, vision, look, stare, glance, viewpoint, insight, perceptivity, the power of observation, or simply the eye.
幻像 is a universal word for Illusion in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
The first character means phantasm, vision, dream, illusion, apparition, or fantasy.
The second character means statue, picture, image, figure, portrait, shape, form, appearance, to be like, to resemble, to take after, to seem, or in rare/ancient context: an elephant.
Note that the first character can be written without the left-side radical in Chinese. This form is shown to the right. Both forms are acceptable in Chinese but the character shown to the right is more likely to be read as "elephant."
See Also: Reality
These search terms might be related to Vision:
Beautiful Sight
Big Dream
Big Dream / Great Hope
Demon / Ghost / Apparition
Dream / Dreams
Dream / Vision
Dream Big / Big Dreams
Dream Come True / Enjoy Success
Even a Fool May Sometimes Come Up With a Good Idea
Foresight
Ghost / Apparition / Phantom
Idea / Concept
Idea / Thought
Idea / Thought / Meaning
Imagination
Imagine / Imagination
Life is but a Dream
Thought / Thinking / Idea
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Dream Vision | 夢想 梦想 | mu sou / musou / mu so | mèng xiǎng meng4 xiang3 meng xiang mengxiang | meng hsiang menghsiang |
Flower in the Mirror, Moon on Water | 鏡花水月 镜花水月 | kyou ka sui getsu kyoukasuigetsu kyo ka sui getsu | jìng huā shuǐ yuè jing4 hua1 shui3 yue4 jing hua shui yue jinghuashuiyue | ching hua shui yüeh chinghuashuiyüeh |
Dream Dreams | 夢 梦 | yume | mèng / meng4 / meng | |
Mind’s Eye | 心眼 | shingan | xīn yǎn / xin1 yan3 / xin yan / xinyan | hsin yen / hsinyen |
Eyeballs Eyes | 眼 | gan | yǎn / yan3 / yan | yen |
Wisdom and Insight of the Buddha | 佛知見 佛知见 | bucchiken / buchiken | fó zhī jiàn fo2 zhi1 jian4 fo zhi jian fozhijian | fo chih chien fochihchien |
Realize Your Dreams | 實現你的夢想 实现你的梦想 | shí xiàn nǐ de mèng xiǎng shi2 xian4 ni3 de meng4 xiang3 shi xian ni de meng xiang shixiannidemengxiang | shih hsien ni te meng hsiang shihhsiennitemenghsiang |
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Illusion | 幻像 幻像 / 幻象 | gen zou / genzou / gen zo | huàn xiàng huan4 xiang4 huan xiang huanxiang | huan hsiang huanhsiang |
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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Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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