| | Confucian school, founded by Confucius 孔子 (551-479 BC) and Mencius 孟子 (c. 372-c. 289 BC) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Zengzi (505-435 BC), student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学 | |
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| | Zeng Shen (505-435 BC), a.k.a. 曾子, student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学 | |
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| | to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s) | |
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| | scholar / Confucian | |
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| | the capping ceremony, a Confucian coming of age ceremony for males dating from pre-Qin times, performed when a boy reaches the age of 20, involving the ritual placing of caps on the head of the young man | |
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| | Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius / book of the same name, one of the classics of Confucianism | |
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| | to study the Confucian classics / to read scriptures or canonical texts | |
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| | Xunzi, (c. 310-237 BC), Confucian philosopher / the Xunzi, a collection of philosophical writings attributed to Xunzi | |
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| | study of the Confucian classics | |
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| | Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals / translation of metaphysics (also translated 形而上學|形而上学) | |
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| | Second Sage, traditional title of Mencius 孟子 in Confucian studies | |
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| | School of Principle / Neo-Confucian Rationalistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Cheng Hao 程顥|程颢, Cheng Yi 程頤|程颐 and Zhu Xi 朱熹) | |
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| | the classics a Confucian scholar must read (such as The Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 and The Book of Rites 禮記|礼记) | |
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| | to replace the current name or title of sth with a new one that reflects its true nature / rectification of names (a tenet of Confucian philosophy) | |
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| | bypath / trail / bribery as a means of achieving a goal / minor arts (Confucian reference to agriculture, medicine, divination, and other professions unworthy of a gentleman) | |
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| | the Thirteen Confucian Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, Book of History 尚書|尚书, Rites of Zhou 周禮|周礼, Rites and Ceremonies 儀禮|仪礼, Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记, Book of Changes 易經|易经, Mr Zuo's Annals 左傳|左传, Mr Gongyang's Annals 公羊傳|公羊传, Mr Guliang's Annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传, The Analects 論語|论语, Erya 爾雅|尔雅, Classic of Filial Piety 孝經|孝经, Mencius 孟子 | |
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| | to study the underlying principles, esp. in neo-Confucian rational learning 理學|理学 / word for Western natural sciences during late Qing | |
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| | Ministry of (Confucian) Rites (in imperial China) | |
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| | the Confucian Six Arts, namely: rites or etiquette 禮|礼 ( 禮儀|礼仪), music 樂|乐 ( 音樂|音乐), archery 射 ( 射箭), charioteering 御 ( 駕車|驾车), calligraphy or literacy 書|书 ( 識字|识字), mathematics or reckoning 數|数 ( 計算|计算) / another name for the Six Classics 六經|六经 | |
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| | divination combined with mystical Confucian philosopy, prevalent during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220) | |
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| | Rites and Ceremonies, part of the Confucian Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记 | |
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| | Director of Board of Rites (Confucian) | |
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| | a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7) | |
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| | classic work (esp. Confucian classics) | |
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| | to pass on scripture / to teach Confucian doctrine / to pass on one's experience | |
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| | Confucian orthodoxy | |
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| | the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty | |
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| | Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德, physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功 | |
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| | to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇) | |
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| | filial piety (Confucian virtue) / to be a good son or daughter | |
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| | Mencius 孟子 (c. 372-c. 289), Confucian philosopher | |
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| | books (in Confucian education) | |
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| | Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130-1200), also known as Master Zhu 朱子, Song dynasty Confucian writer and propagandist, founder of neo-Confucianism | |
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| | Three Character Classic, 13th century reading primer consisting of Confucian tenets in lines of 3 characters | |
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| | Rizhilu or Record of daily study, by early Confucian philosopher Gu Yanwu 顧炎武|顾炎武 | |
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| | four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety 孝 to one's parents, respect 悌 to one's older brother, loyalty 忠 to one's monarch, faith 信 to one's male friends / the four Confucian virtues for women of morality 德, physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功 | |
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| | Xiaokang, a Confucian near-ideal state of society, second only to Datong 大同 | |
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| | conversant with the Confucian classics / to stimulate menstrual flow (TCM) | |
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| | Confucian code of ethics | |
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| | rule by virtue / rule by setting virtuous example (Confucian ideal) | |
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| | Confucian study of ethics / study of Daoism / school for Daoism in Tang and Song times / Daoist magic / another name for 理學|理学, rational learning of Song dynasty neo-Confucianism | |
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| | Confucian temple | |
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| | Former Han dynasty school of Confucian scholars | |
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| | Confucian | |
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| | Confucian scholar (old) | |
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| | School of Mind / Neo-Confucian Idealistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Wang Yangming 王陽明|王阳明) | |
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| | the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家, Daoists 道家, Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家, Legalists 法家, Logicians 名家, Mohists 墨家, Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家, Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家, and Agriculturalists 農家|农家 | |
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| | the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists) / fig. people from all trades (often derog.) | |
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| | lit. holy scripture and biography of sage (idiom); refers to Confucian canonical texts | |
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| | sufferings brought about by Confucian ethics | |
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| | a Confucian scholar | |
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| | Cheng Yi (1033-1107), Song neo-Confucian scholar | |
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| | (telecommunications) channel / (in Confucian texts) to believe in the principles of wisdom and follow them | |
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| | to sing to a string accompaniment / education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times) | |
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| | Cheng Hao (1032-1085), Song neo-Confucian scholar | |
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| | Kang Youwei (1858-1927), Confucian intellectual, educator and would-be reformer, main leader of the failed reform movement of 1898 | |
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| | Wang Yangming (1472-1529), Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, influential in the School of Mind 心學|心学 | |
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| | the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend) | |
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| | Kong Yingda (574-648), Confucian scholar | |
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| | Liang Shuming (1893-1988), modern philosopher and teacher in the neo-Confucian tradition | |
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| | dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucians (slogan of the Former Han dynasty) | |
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| | Former Han dynasty study or rewriting of classical texts such as the Confucian six classics 六經|六经 | |
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| | Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity / piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends | |
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| | Dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucian (idiom) / sole dominant ideology | |
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| | MIURA Baien (1723-1789), Japanese neo-Confucian philosopher and pioneer economist, author of The Origin of value 價原|价原 | |
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| | Former Han dynasty school of Confucian scholars | |
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| | Zhou Dunyi (1017-1073), Song dynasty neo-Confucian scholar | |
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| | Kong Yiji, protagonist of a short story of the same name by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅 depicting the life of a poor, unsuccessful scholar who clings to his Confucian ideals despite his dismal circumstances | |
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| | filial piety (a Confucian obligation) / respect and obedience to one's parents | |
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| | What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects) / Do as you would be done by. / Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you. | |
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| | faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying) | |
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| | The will is there, but not the strength (idiom, from Confucian Analects). / I really want to do it, but don't have the resources. / The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. | |
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| | the Confucian classics / (Christianity, Judaism) the holy scriptures / CL: 本, 部 | |
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| | Gu Yanwu (1613-1682), late Ming and early Qing Confucian philosopher, linguist and historian, played a founding role in phonology of early Chinese, author of Rizhilu or Record of daily study 日知錄|日知录 | |
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